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Elections

An election is held in the State of West Virginia each even numbered year. A Presidential Election is held every four years. Polling places open at 6:30 AM and close at 7:30 PM. Voters should report to their assigned precinct to vote. If you are unsure as to where you are supposed to vote, please contact our office or visit http://www.wvvotes.com

The County Clerk's Office has many duties and responsibilities when conducting an election. Some of these duties are:

Conducting and supervising voter registration
Conduct candidate fillings
Accept candidate financial report filings
Prepare and proof the official ballot
Testing Voting Machines
Training of Pollworkers
Secure polling places
Supervise activities at the Central Counting Center
Assist with the canvass

Voting System

Monroe County uses the iVotronic Touch Screen Voting Machines for Early Voting and on Election Day. Paper ballots are used for absentee by mail voting. If your organization would like to see a demonstration of the touch screen voting machines, please contact our office.

Magisterial Districts

Monroe county is divided into three Magisterial Districts; the Western, Eastern and Central districts. A Couny Commissioner is elected from the district from which he or she resides in on a rotating basis. Magisterial District boundaries are determined by population and are reviewed each year after the United States Census is conducted. Districts are required to be close in population. If after the census is conducted and it is determined that the population in one magisterial district is greater than another district, the County Commission is required to redraw the magisterial district boundary lines to make the population of each district as equal as possible.

Voting Precincts

Monroe County presently has eighteen (18) voting precincts. Voters are assigned to a precinct based on where they reside. A map outlining the voting precinct boundary lines is posted in the County Clerk's Office and is available for review. Click herefor a list of the voting precincts. The list contains the precinct number, precinct name, and the location of the precinct and which magisterial district the precinct is located in.

Early Voting

Early Voting takes place beginning twenty (20) days before an eletion up until three (3) days before the election. Early Voting is conducted at the Courthouse during normal business hours of the County Clerk's Office. These hours are 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. See election calender for specific dates (to be posted at a later date).

Absentee Voting by Mail

Voters who are unable to vote in person on Election Day or during the Early Voting period may request an application to vote by mail. There are specific dates as to when you can request an application and when you must return your ballot. Please go to the Election Calendar to find these dates for a speficic elections. For an absentee by mail application, go to the Election Forms section of this page and click on "Absentee by-mail application". Print the form, complete and either fax or mail to the County Clerk's Office. Our fax number is (304) 772-4191 and our address is Monroe County Clerk, PO Box 350, Union, WV 24983. Although applications can be faxed, ballots cannot.

Overseas And Military Voting

For information regarding Overseas and Military Voting please click here.

Central Counting Center

Once the polls close and the voting supplies and materials are returned, the results of the election are compiled and released at the Central Counting Center located in the Circuit Courtroom at the Monroe County Courthouse. The public is certainly welcome to attend the activities at the Central Counting Center.

Poll Workers

If you are interested in serving as a poll worker and are affiliated with the Republican party, please contact G. Duane Miller, Chariman, Monroe County Republican Executive Committee at (304) 772-3369. If you are affiliated with the Democrat Party, please call James O. Gore at (304) 753-9772 or Mary Pearl Compton at (304) 772-5786, Co-chairs of the Democrat Executive Committee of Monroe County. Poll Workers are paid $100.00 for their service plus additional pay if worker is assigned additional duties.