{"id":"WV-016","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"West Virginia","state":"WV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jim Justice","authority":"W. Va. Code 15-5-6 and 15-5-1","instrument":"Executive Order 18-20","title":"Postponement of the May 12, 2020 primary election to June 9, 2020 and of municipal elections","dateIssued":"2020-04-01","effective":"2020-04-01","end":"Self-executing; formally terminated Apr. 20, 2021 (EO 12-21)","startDate":"2020-04-01","endDate":"2021-04-20","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EVT","CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["Secretary of State","county commissions and boards of ballot commissioners","municipalities","levying bodies"],"clause":"1. The provisions of West Virginia Code 3-5-1, regulating the particular date on which primary elections are to be held, are suspended for the primary elections currently scheduled to be held on May 12, 2020, to the extent that the date provided for such primary shall be moved forward approximately one month to June 9, 2020.... 3. The provisions of West Virginia Code 8-5-5 and other applicable sections of Code regulating the particular date(s) on which municipal elections are to be held are suspended for the elections currently scheduled to be held between June 1, 2020, and June 9, 2020...","enforcement":"Suspension of election statutes administered by the Secretary of State","functions":["GATH (congregation at polling places)","CRT public offices"],"notes":"Recital: \u0027the congregation of the public at polling places so soon after the projected apex of the COVID-19 pandemic poses a large-scale threat to the public health, safety, and welfare.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://governor.wv.gov/Documents/2020%20Proclamations/EO%2018-20.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200406202417/https://governor.wv.gov/Documents/2020%20Proclamations/EO%2018-20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":114584,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WV","url":"/library/WV-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WV-016","citation":"Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 18-20 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. WV-016)","stateName":"West Virginia","related":["WV-013","WV-014","WV-012","WV-015","WV-017","WV-018","WV-011","WV-009","WV-019","WV-010","WV-020","WV-021"]}