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West Virginia Amendment 1

Citizenship Requirement to Vote in West Virginia Elections Amendment. 2026 results by county, from West Virginia's official results file: For 79.5%, Against 20.5% statewide.

Statewide

Summary of purpose: "This amendment provides that in all elections held in West Virginia only citizens of the United States who are citizens of this state are qualified to vote."

A vote for
Is a vote to ratify the amendment, which rewrites Article IV, Section 1 of the state constitution to begin "Only citizens of the United States who are citizens of this state shall be entitled to vote at all elections held within the counties in which they respectively reside".
A vote against
Is a vote to reject the amendment.
For 79.5% Against 20.5%

342,330 for and 88,064 against.

Senate Joint Resolution 9, as enrolled · How amendments are ratified (Article XIV, Section 2) · The state's results site

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

55 counties: For has the most votes in 55. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyForAgainstVotes
Barbour County84.4%15.6%3,430
Berkeley County78.8%21.2%31,584
Boone County87.2%12.8%4,644
Braxton County84.9%15.1%3,065
Brooke County85.1%14.9%4,877
Cabell County71.9%28.1%21,741
Calhoun County84.9%15.1%1,397
Clay County84.7%15.3%1,668
Doddridge County90.2%9.8%1,516
Fayette County79.0%21.0%7,771
Gilmer County85.1%14.9%1,502
Grant County90.9%9.1%2,805
Greenbrier County80.5%19.5%8,439
Hampshire County87.2%12.8%6,435
Hancock County85.8%14.2%6,639
Hardy County83.5%16.5%3,927
Harrison County80.1%19.9%15,433
Jackson County85.7%14.3%7,753
Jefferson County72.6%27.4%20,188
Kanawha County72.6%27.4%46,119
Lewis County85.1%14.9%4,024
Lincoln County84.8%15.2%2,912
Logan County89.2%10.8%5,259
Marion County76.7%23.3%14,996
Marshall County86.4%13.6%7,578
Mason County85.7%14.3%6,522
McDowell County88.2%11.8%1,824
Mercer County85.8%14.2%10,330
Mineral County88.1%11.9%7,389
Mingo County88.9%11.1%3,746
Monongalia County63.6%36.4%27,595
Monroe County85.7%14.3%3,371
Morgan County83.8%16.2%5,604
Nicholas County85.2%14.8%5,709
Ohio County78.4%21.6%11,805
Pendleton County88.0%12.0%2,065
Pleasants County85.9%14.1%1,872
Pocahontas County82.3%17.7%2,216
Preston County84.3%15.7%7,704
Putnam County81.2%18.8%14,448
Raleigh County83.8%16.2%13,521
Randolph County78.4%21.6%7,015
Ritchie County89.9%10.1%2,034
Roane County83.3%16.7%2,784
Summers County83.5%16.5%3,077
Taylor County82.5%17.5%4,406
Tucker County78.8%21.2%2,377
Tyler County89.5%10.5%1,613
Upshur County83.1%16.9%5,554
Wayne County82.9%17.1%8,044
Webster County87.8%12.2%1,639
Wetzel County85.5%14.5%3,358
Wirt County82.6%17.4%1,873
Wood County81.4%18.6%22,426
Wyoming County89.9%10.1%2,771

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

West Virginia's official results, file posted Nov 10, 9:26 AM. Unofficial until certified. West Virginia's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.