http://www.sos.wv.gov/news/topics/elections-candidates/Pages/AbsenteeBallotsAreOnTheir.aspx" Charleston, W.Va. – Absentee ballots for the upcoming special gubernatorial election are in the mail, on their way to deployed military and overseas citizens.
County Clerks across West Virginia were required to send out requested absentee ballots at least 46 days before the election. Federal law requires requested absentee ballots be sent to deployed military and overseas voters at least 45 days before an election – but West Virginia’s laws are more stringent. "