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.
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.
County For Against Votes
Barbour County 84.4% 15.6% 3,430
Berkeley County 78.8% 21.2% 31,584
Boone County 87.2% 12.8% 4,644
Braxton County 84.9% 15.1% 3,065
Brooke County 85.1% 14.9% 4,877
Cabell County 71.9% 28.1% 21,741
Calhoun County 84.9% 15.1% 1,397
Clay County 84.7% 15.3% 1,668
Doddridge County 90.2% 9.8% 1,516
Fayette County 79.0% 21.0% 7,771
Gilmer County 85.1% 14.9% 1,502
Grant County 90.9% 9.1% 2,805
Greenbrier County 80.5% 19.5% 8,439
Hampshire County 87.2% 12.8% 6,435
Hancock County 85.8% 14.2% 6,639
Hardy County 83.5% 16.5% 3,927
Harrison County 80.1% 19.9% 15,433
Jackson County 85.7% 14.3% 7,753
Jefferson County 72.6% 27.4% 20,188
Kanawha County 72.6% 27.4% 46,119
Lewis County 85.1% 14.9% 4,024
Lincoln County 84.8% 15.2% 2,912
Logan County 89.2% 10.8% 5,259
Marion County 76.7% 23.3% 14,996
Marshall County 86.4% 13.6% 7,578
Mason County 85.7% 14.3% 6,522
McDowell County 88.2% 11.8% 1,824
Mercer County 85.8% 14.2% 10,330
Mineral County 88.1% 11.9% 7,389
Mingo County 88.9% 11.1% 3,746
Monongalia County 63.6% 36.4% 27,595
Monroe County 85.7% 14.3% 3,371
Morgan County 83.8% 16.2% 5,604
Nicholas County 85.2% 14.8% 5,709
Ohio County 78.4% 21.6% 11,805
Pendleton County 88.0% 12.0% 2,065
Pleasants County 85.9% 14.1% 1,872
Pocahontas County 82.3% 17.7% 2,216
Preston County 84.3% 15.7% 7,704
Putnam County 81.2% 18.8% 14,448
Raleigh County 83.8% 16.2% 13,521
Randolph County 78.4% 21.6% 7,015
Ritchie County 89.9% 10.1% 2,034
Roane County 83.3% 16.7% 2,784
Summers County 83.5% 16.5% 3,077
Taylor County 82.5% 17.5% 4,406
Tucker County 78.8% 21.2% 2,377
Tyler County 89.5% 10.5% 1,613
Upshur County 83.1% 16.9% 5,554
Wayne County 82.9% 17.1% 8,044
Webster County 87.8% 12.2% 1,639
Wetzel County 85.5% 14.5% 3,358
Wirt County 82.6% 17.4% 1,873
Wood County 81.4% 18.6% 22,426
Wyoming County 89.9% 10.1% 2,771
The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.