Hanover, West Virginia Public Records

Anyone with a valid West Virginia driver's license or state ID card can use the online system. Registration closes 21 days before any election. New voters must provide their name, residential address, date of birth, and driver's license or state ID number. At the polls, the state requires identification such as driver's licenses, state ID cards, passports, employer ID cards, student ID cards, or other government-issued photo identification. Voters without ID can cast a provisional ballot after signing an affidavit. Because Hanover is an unincorporated community without municipal government, there are no city or town elections for mayor or council. Residents vote in county, state, and federal elections. Wyoming County elections include races for County Commission, with three commissioners elected to staggered six-year terms, along with County Clerk, Circuit Clerk, Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff, and Assessor, among other offices. These county races typically appear on ballots during both primary elections in May of even-numbered years and general elections held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Residents can look up their specific polling location using the West Virginia Secretary of State's polling place finder at https://services.sos.wv.gov/Elections/Voter/FindMyPollingPlace. Voters enter their county and precinct information or address to identify their assigned polling place. Wyoming County typically operates multiple precincts, with voters assigned based on their residential address. Polling places are open from 6:30 AM to 7:30 PM on Election Day. West Virginia election records that are public include voter registration lists, available to candidates and political parties under certain restrictions, along with campaign finance reports filed by candidates and PACs with the Secretary of State's office and searchable at www.cfrs.wv.gov. Candidate filings showing who is running for office and certified election results by precinct are also accessible. Specific turnout figures can be obtained from the Wyoming County Clerk's Office or the West Virginia Secretary of State's election results page at https://services.sos.wv.gov/elections/.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Hanover voters are published by the West Virginia Secretary of State Elections (https://sos.wv.gov/elections/). State legislative races for the West Virginia House of Delegates, with all 100 seats elected every two years, and half of the West Virginia Senate, with 17 of 34 seats on a staggered four-year cycle, will appear on the ballot. Local ballot measures or bond issues may also appear depending on county commission actions. Voters should check with the Wyoming County Clerk closer to the election for a complete sample ballot. West Virginia offers absentee voting for voters who will be absent from the county on Election Day, are ill or physically disabled, work during polling hours, or are 65 or older. Absentee ballot applications can be downloaded from the Secretary of State's website at https://sos.wv.gov/elections/Pages/AbsenteeVoting.aspx or requested from the Wyoming County Clerk's Office. Applications must be received by the Wyoming County Clerk by the sixth day before the election. Completed absentee ballots must be returned by mail, postmarked by Election Day and received within five days, or delivered in person to the Wyoming County Clerk's office by the close of polls on Election Day. West Virginia does not offer universal vote-by-mail or no-excuse absentee voting; voters must meet one of the statutory reasons to vote absentee.