| Candidates and committees can use this page to explore how to file for office, important deadlines, independent party ballot access, districts, and best practices guides. |
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Candidate Filing: Minor Party and Independent |
This area provides information for candidates who wish to independently run for an office separately from one of West Virginia's three major political parties.
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Candidate Filing: Running for Office |
| Use this page, and the PDF download, to explore the best practices for candidates and their committees while campaigning for office. This section contains information regarding restrictions for state employees, eligibility, and determining if public office is right for you. |
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Candidate Filing: Write-In |
This area provides information for candidates who wish to be write-ins for elected offices on the ballot.
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Candidate and Committee Filing Calendar |
This calendar provides valuable deadlines and time frames for the processes of filing for office.
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Candidate and Committee Filing Forms |
This link will take you to the forms center where all candidate and committee filing forms are stored. Valuable PDF forms in this center include treasure designation, certificates of announcement, and vacancy forms.
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Current Candidates Running for Public Office |
| This area houses the lists of candidates organized by election years, individual elections, level of office, and any campaign finance reports that the individual candidates or their treasurers have submitted to the West Virginia Secretary of State. |
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Current Political Action Committees |
| This area contains an alphabetical listing of currently active political action committees (PAC) in West Virginia. Under each listing there will be a list of submitted financial reports of the committee's financial activities over the given reporting period. |
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Filing to Run for Office |
This page provides some useful tips and overview for how to file for office, what you need to do before collecting contributions, statements of organizations for political action committees, and managing volunteers
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Guide: Executive Committee Best Practices 2012 |
Use this page, and the PDF download, to explore the best practices for executive committees.
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Political Districts and Circuits in West Virginia |
This is a comprehensive list of political districts and circuits in West Virginia including: congressional, senate, delegate, and the 3 levels of judicial circuits.
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Pre-Candidacy |
| Pre-Candidacy is a necessary step in collecting contributions and investigating the possibility of running for office before the official filing period begins. Use this information to discover how to properly be filed as a pre-candidate, including the time frames involved. |