VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDS According to W. Va. Code § 3-2-1, a person is only required to register once to vote in all elections in which he or she is eligible. The county clerk is the chief authority in charge of all voter registration records. Only the county clerk or his or her designee may update, correct, add, or cancel voter registrations. A recorder may distribute and collect voter registration forms from individuals. Voter registration forms must be provided to the county clerk in time for processing pollbooks. W. Va. Code §§ 3-2-19, 32-22 and 3-2-21. The deadline to register to vote in any election is 21 days before that election. The application for voter registration can be postmarked—it does not have to be in-hand to be valid. An inaccurate or incomplete voter registration card can be corrected by the county clerk up to four business days after the voter registration deadline. W. Va. Code § 3-210.
