{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-3-9-6","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 3-9-6","heading":"Unauthorized presence in election room; 100-foot limit; penalties.","body":"If any person, not herein authorized so to do, enters or attempts to enter the election room, except upon a lawful errand and for a proper purpose, or remains within 100 feet of the outside entrance to the building housing the polling place, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500, or confined in the county jail for not more than 30 days.\nExcepting those individuals provided for expressly in this or other sections of the code, only full-time employees of the Secretary of State’s office or full-time employees of the respective county offices of the county clerk or the county prosecutor may enter or otherwise disturb the polling place.","path":["CHAPTER 3. ELECTIONS.","ARTICLE 9. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/3-9-6/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:19:38Z","sha256":"1537585df62cc4e3130d07ed1e634a99420030a84783e7f76c27717eb4eb8d07","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-3-9-5","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-3-9-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}