Absentee Voting Information for West Virginia Residents

West Virginia residents who are in the military or otherwise overseas will now be able to easily cast their absentee ballots in upcoming elections. This is due to a new online computerized ballot system that has been adopted and recently brought online in our state.




West Virginia  tested this new technology, from VR Election Services, in eight counties during the 2010 elections. For now, it only applies to active-duty members of the Armed Forces, Merchant Marine, Public Health Service, NOAA, and their family members, and additionally to United States citizens who are living outside the U.S. for work, school or other reasons.

West Virginia residents who don't fall into either of the above categories should refer to the West Virginia Absentee Ballot Guide


In West Virginia, you may vote by absentee ballot for any of the following reasons:

You will be working or traveling on Election Day

You will be working or traveling all 13 days prior to Election Day

Your hours of employment make voting impossible

You live another place during part of the year

You have been given a job assignment which requires you to live outside of your county or West Virginia

You have health problems or a physical disability

Your polling place inaccessible to you

You have been hospitalized because of an emergency and will be in the hospital or care facility 7 days leading up to and including Election Day

You attend school away from home

Voting on Election Day is inconvenient

You are under incarceration or detention in Jail or in Home (not for any felony, or treason, or bribery in an election)


or go online at: by clicking HERE.   

If you want to verify if your are currently registered to vote in the state, you can type in your name and date of birth HERE to see if your voting records are recorded and up to date.

Should you discover any discrepancies in your online records, in Doddridge County you can contact:

Beth A. Rogers
Doddridge County Courthouse
118 East Court St., Rm. 102
West Union, WV 26456
doddridgecounty@wvsos.com
304-873-2631