W. Va. Code § 3-1B-7: Retention of forms; public inspection.

The officer receiving the filing shall accept, at all times prior to the election, all completed forms evidencing subscription to the code.

Forms filed with the circuit clerk shall be immediately forwarded to the county clerk. The county clerk, Secretary of State, and municipal recorder or clerk shall retain such forms filed with them for public inspection until one hundred eighty days after the general election.