Campaign finance requirements for West Virginia ballot measures
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There are no campaign finance requirements for ballot measure campaigns in West Virginia. West Virginia is the only state in the nation that does not require campaigns involved with ballot measures to register with a state agency. The West Virginia Secretary of State promulgates all campaign finance requirements for candidates, candidate committees, state and local party organizations, and political action committees that support or oppose a candidate.[1]
Ballot measures explained
- See also: Ballot measure
A ballot measure is any question or issue that appears on an election ballot to be approved or rejected by voters. In 26 states, plus Washington, D.C., citizens may use the initiative and referendum process, which permits citizens to petition to place measures on the ballot and usually involves a signature collection process of some kind. Even in states without initiative and referendum processes, however, ballot measures exist. In all states, citizens may be asked to approve legislatively referred constitutional amendments, state statutes, bond issues or tax proposals.
In West Virginia, ballot measures come in only one form: legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
Year-specific reporting dates
2021
The table below lists relevant campaign finance report filing deadlines in West Virginia in 2021.
| Campaign finance reporting deadlines in West Virginia, 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Report | Reporting period | Filing deadline |
| Quarterly report | October 19, 2020 – December 31, 2020 | January 7, 2021 |
| Quarterly report | January 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021 | April 7, 2021 |
| Quarterly report | April 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021 | July 7, 2021 |
| Quarterly report | July 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021 | October 7, 2021 |
| Quarterly report | October 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021 | January 7, 2022 |
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State, "State of West Virginia 2021 Campaign Finance Reporting Calendar," accessed July 14, 2021 | ||
State agencies
In West Virginia, there is one primary agency involved in campaign finance regulation.
West Virginia Secretary of State
- Bldg. 1, Suite 157-K
- 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
- Charleston, WV 25305-0770
- Telephone: (304) 558-6000
- Fax: (304) 558-0900
Campaign finance legislation
The following is a list of recent campaign finance bills that have been introduced in or passed by the West Virginia state legislature. To learn more about each of these bills, click the bill title. This information is provided by BillTrack50 and LegiScan.
Note: Due to the nature of the sorting process used to generate this list, some results may not be relevant to the topic. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation pertaining to this topic has been introduced in the legislature recently.
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Recent news
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See also
- Campaign finance requirements in West Virginia
- Campaign finance agencies in West Virginia
- List of West Virginia ballot measures
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ This was confirmed via phone with the West Virginia Secretary of State on February 24, 2010.
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