Stanaford, West Virginia Public Records

West Virginia residents can register online at www.ovr.sos.wv.gov or submit a paper application to the Raleigh County Clerk's office. Registration closes 21 days before any election. Voters must provide a West Virginia driver's license or state ID number, or the last four digits of their Social Security number. Same-day registration isn't available in the state. Residents must be 18 years old by the date of the election, a U.S. Citizen, and a resident of West Virginia and the county where they register. As an unincorporated community, Stanaford holds no municipal elections for mayor or city council. Residents participate in county, state, and federal elections instead. Raleigh County voters elect county commissioners, Raleigh County Sheriff, county clerk, assessor, prosecuting attorney, circuit clerk, and other constitutional offices. County Commission races and countywide offices typically appear on ballots during general elections in even-numbered years, with some offices on four-year cycles and others on staggered terms. West Virginia holds partisan primary elections in May and general elections on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years. Local voters can find their assigned polling place using the lookup tool on the West Virginia Secretary of State's website at www.sos.wv.gov or by calling the Raleigh County Clerk's Elections Division at (304) 255-9131. The state offers early in-person voting beginning 13 days before Election Day and continuing through the Saturday before the election at designated locations throughout Raleigh County, typically including the Raleigh County Clerk's office and other sites announced before each election. West Virginia makes several categories of election records available to the public. Voter registration lists are available for purchase by political parties, candidates, and other qualified requesters under West Virginia Code §3-2-30, though personal information is protected from commercial use. Campaign finance reports for state and county candidates are filed with and searchable through the West Virginia Secretary of State's Campaign Finance Reporting System at www.cfrs.wv.gov, which provides disclosure of contributions and expenditures. Candidate filings and declarations of candidacy are public records maintained by the Raleigh County Clerk for county offices and by the Secretary of State for state and federal offices. Precinct-level election results are published by the Raleigh County Clerk after certification and are available on the Secretary of State's election results website, which provides detailed vote totals by precinct, county, and statewide for all federal, state, and county races. All three U.S. However, all 100 seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates and 17 of the 34 State Senate seats (serving staggered four-year terms) will be up for election. Raleigh County voters will also elect county officers whose terms expire in 2026, potentially including County Commissioner seats depending on the staggered election cycle. No U.S. Voters should verify specific local races and any special elections through the Raleigh County Clerk as the 2026 election approaches. West Virginia offers absentee voting by mail for voters who meet certain qualifications, including illness or physical disability, working and commuting during polling hours, being 65 or older, being a student or military member, or serving as an election official. Absentee ballot applications must be received by the Raleigh County Clerk by six days before Election Day. Completed absentee ballots must be received by the close of polls on Election Day. Applications are available at www.sos.wv.gov or from the Raleigh County Clerk's office. West Virginia does not offer universal mail-in voting; voters must provide a reason for requesting an absentee ballot. All absentee ballots require a witness signature from a notary public or other authorized person, though this requirement has been subject to legal challenges and modifications during recent election cycles.