West Virginia Auditor election, 2020

Elections in West Virginia, 2020

• Election date: Nov. 3
• Registration deadline(s): Oct. 15
• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: No
• Recount laws

• Early voting starts: Oct. 21
• Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (postmarked); Nov. 9 (received)
• Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
• Voter ID: Non-photo ID
• Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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West Virginia State Auditor
Election details
Filing deadline: January 25, 2020
Primary: June 9, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent(s): John B. McCuskey (R)
How to vote
Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voting in West Virginia
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West Virginia held an election for state auditor on November 3, 2020. The primary was scheduled for June 9, 2020. The filing deadline was January 25, 2020.

Incumbent John B. McCuskey won election in the general election for West Virginia State Auditor.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

West Virginia modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: All voters "concerned about their health and safety because of COVID-19" were eligible to vote absentee in the general election. An online absentee ballot request portal was created.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Candidates and election results

General election candidates

• John B. McCuskey  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Mary Ann Claytor  (Democratic Party)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Mary Ann Claytor ✔

 Republican primary candidates

• John B. McCuskey (Incumbent) ✔

Past elections

2016

See also: West Virginia Auditor election, 2016

The general election for auditor was held on November 8, 2016.

John B. McCuskey defeated Mary Ann Claytor and Brenton Ricketts in the West Virginia auditor election.

West Virginia Auditor, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John B. McCuskey	58.48%	385,831
	Democratic	Mary Ann Claytor	34.56%	228,001
	Libertarian	Brenton Ricketts	6.96%	45,908
Total Votes				659,740
Source: West Virginia Secretary of State

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• West Virginia auditor official website