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CHARLESTON -- Pocahontas County High School hosted one of nearly 50 voter registration drives throughout the state.
The PCHS voter registration drive took place on Sept. 1. It was one of the many West Virginia activities celebrating September as National Voter Registration Month.
"In September, we work with our county clerks to focus much of our attention on voter registration," said West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner. "Not only are we registering new voters, we are encouraging current voters to make sure that their voter registration is accurate."
The purpose of the National Voter Registration Month commemoration is to educate the general public on voter registration, deadlines for voting, and civic engagement of citizens 18 years or older.
Tuesday, Sept. 19 is celebrated as National Voter Registration Day.
Since Warner took office, he has worked with the state's 55 county clerks to remove more than 400,000 deceased, duplicate, out-of-state and convicted felon voter files from the state's voter rolls.
His efforts to register eligible voters have garnered West Virginia national recognition. Since January 2017, Warner and his staff have worked closely with the county clerks to register 333,575 eligible citizens to vote.
Of that number, more than 100,000 have been eligible high school students -- many of whom will vote for the first time in the upcoming May 2024 Primary Election.
Currently, there are 1,163,517 registered voters in West Virginia.
According to Warner, those voters who change their name or get married and assume their spouse's last name are required to update their voter registration. Those voters who have moved their residence since the last election or who may have a new address because of the remapping of the state's 911 system should also update their voter registration.
Warner said it has never been easier to register to vote or to update a voter registration. All a citizen needs to do is visit the Secretary of State's secure election website at GoVoteWV.com.