Charleston, W.Va. (WVDN) – As of April 23rd, WV Secretary of State Kris Warner is reporting that 1,198,019 voters are registered and eligible to participate in West Virginia’s May 12th Primary Election, according to data released today (see the attached file marked “Apr2026“).
The total number of registered voters eligible to participate in the election will be finalized before the end of the day on April 28th when counties have a practical deadline to have poll books of registered voters available for in-person voting. Until then, Warner said that counties will be processing and verifying voter registration applications that came through the WV Secretary of State’s online voter registration portal or that were postmarked and mailed on or before April 21st.
Early voting in-person begins on April 29th and runs for ten days through May 9th.
The attached file marked “January 2024” shows voter registration at the start of the 2024 election cycle.
The file marked “VR Totals by Specific Date” compares various years with party registration totals.
Here are some objective facts about party registration changes that have been a topic of discussion in the media lately:
- Since January 31, 2024, a total of 68,235 registered West Virginia voters have switched parties.
- Of those voters who have changed their party affiliation since January 2024, the data shows the following changes:
- 20,003 switched from Unaffiliated to Republican
- 16,910 switched from Democrat to Republican
- 12,299 switched from Democrat to Unaffiliated
- 7,559 switched from Republican to Unaffiliated
- 5,211 switched from Unaffiliated to Democrat
- 2,399 switched from Republican to Democrat
