West Virginia Voter Rolls Reach 1.2 Million Before Election

West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner announced that the state's voter rolls have grown to 1,210,297 registered voters ahead of the November 3 general election. Nearly 18,000 citizens registered to vote between the May primary and the October 13 deadline.

Republican voters represent the largest group with 527,532 members, followed by Democrats with 326,697 and unaffiliated voters with 307,373. This cycle marks the first statewide general election requiring photo identification under a new state law.

Acceptable forms of identification include driver's licenses, passports, government employee IDs, student IDs, and military IDs. Early voting is scheduled to run from October 21 through October 31.