Yellow Spring, West Virginia Public Records

West Virginia residents can register to vote online through the West Virginia Secretary of State's Voter Registration system at https://ovr.sos.wv.gov/Register/Landing, by mail using a voter registration application available from the Hampshire County Clerk, or in person at the Hampshire County Clerk's office. The voter registration deadline in West Virginia is 21 days before any election. Voters must be U.S. Citizens, West Virginia residents, at least 18 years old by the date of the election, and not under conviction, probation, or parole for a felony or treason (voting rights are restored upon completion of sentence). As an unincorporated community with no municipal government, Yellow Spring has no city council or mayoral elections; residents vote in Hampshire County, West Virginia state, and federal elections. The county holds elections for county commission seats, county clerk, sheriff, assessor, and other county offices on a rotating schedule. Residents can look up their assigned polling place using the West Virginia Secretary of State's polling place lookup tool at https://services.sos.wv.gov/Elections/Voter/FindMyPollingPlace or by contacting the Hampshire County Clerk. S. Hampshire County is part of the 16th Senatorial District and delegates districts that may include portions of neighboring counties.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Yellow voters are published by the West Virginia Secretary of State Elections (https://sos.wv.gov/elections/). Absentee voting in West Virginia is available to voters who will be absent from the county on Election Day, those with illness or physical disability, those working during all poll hours, those in jail awaiting trial or with religious observance conflicts, and election officials working outside their precinct. Absentee ballot applications are available from the Hampshire County Clerk or online at https://sos.wv.gov/elections/Pages/AbsenteeBallots.aspx; applications must be received by the Hampshire County Clerk by six days before Election Day, and completed ballots must be received by the close of polls on Election Day (hand-delivered) or postmarked by Election Day and received within five days (mail). West Virginia has early voting beginning 13 days before Election Day and ending three days before Election Day at designated early voting locations announced by the Hampshire County Clerk. Public election records in West Virginia include voter registration lists (available to candidates and political organizations with restrictions), campaign finance reports filed with the West Virginia Secretary of State at https://cfrs.wvsos.gov/, candidate filing information maintained by the Hampshire County Clerk, and precinct-level election results published by the Hampshire County Clerk and Secretary of State at https://sos.wv.gov/elections/Pages/default.aspx. West Virginia Code §3-1-1 et seq. Governs election administration and public access to election records.