Bradshaw voters are served by the McDowell County Clerk, who acts as Mc Dowell County's election authority. The office is located at 90 Wyoming Street, Suite 122, Welch, WV 24801, and can be reached at (304) 436-8570. Staff there handle all aspects of elections for residents, including voter registration, absentee ballot requests, candidate filings, and election administration. West Virginia voters can register online through the Secretary of State's website at https://ovr.sos.wv.gov/Register/Landing, with registration closing 21 days before any election.
In-person registration is also available at the Mc Dowell County Clerk's office or at the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles during driver's license transactions. Valid photo ID is required at polling places, including driver's licenses, state ID cards, passports, or certain other government-issued identification. Since Bradshaw is an unincorporated community without its own municipal government, there are no mayoral or city council elections here. Residents participate in county, state, and federal elections only. Voters can find their assigned polling location by visiting the West Virginia Secretary of State's polling place lookup tool at https://services.sos.wv.gov/Elections/Voter/FindMyPollingPlace or by contacting the Mc Dowell County Clerk's office. Polling assignments are based on precinct, which is determined by residential address. West Virginia does not have a U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Bradshaw voters are published by the West Virginia Secretary of State Elections (https://sos.wv.gov/elections/).S. State-level races will include elections for the West Virginia House of Delegates, where all 100 seats are elected every two years, and half of the State Senate seats (17 of 34 on a staggered schedule). County-level offices that may appear on the ballot depending on term schedules include County Commissioner, Sheriff, County Clerk, Circuit Clerk, Prosecuting Attorney, and Assessor. The state holds partisan primary elections in May and general elections in November. Absentee voting is available to voters who meet certain criteria, including being age 65 or older, having a disability or illness, being away from the county on election day for work or personal reasons, or being confined to home or hospital. Absentee ballot applications can be requested from the Mc Dowell County Clerk or downloaded from the Secretary of State's website at https://sos.wv.gov/elections/Pages/AbsenteeVoting.aspx. Applications are due six days before election day, and completed ballots must be received by the close of polls on election day. Public election records in West Virginia include voter registration lists, available for purchase by political entities and certain organizations under W. Va. Code §3-2-30, and campaign finance reports filed with the Secretary of State's office, searchable at https://cfrs.wvsos.com/. Candidate filings, ballot information, and election results by precinct are also public. The County Clerk posts election results after certification, and they're also available through the Secretary of State's election results portal at https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/WV/.