MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (July 11, 2025) - The next time Berkeley County voters will go to the polls, they will be required to present a photo ID in order to vote.
Expected to help reduce voter fraud and uphold election integrity, the new law requires an individual that wishes to vote to present to one of the poll clerks with a valid identifying document, The documents include:
- A valid West Virginia driver’s license or valid West Virginia identification card issued by the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles.
- A valid driver’s license issued by a state other than the State of West Virginia.
- A valid United States passport or passport card.
- A valid employee identification card with a photograph of the eligible voter issued by the United States Government or of the State of West Virginia, or by any county, municipality, board, authority, or other political subdivision of West Virginia.
- A valid student identification card with a photograph of the eligible voter issued by an institution of higher education in West Virginia by a West Virginia high school.
- A valid military identification card issued by the United States with a photograph of the person desiring to vote.
- A valid voter registration card that includes the voter’s photograph issued by a county clerk in the State of West Virginia or the Secretary of State.
Voters who cannot present a valid identifying document can cast a provisional ballot after executing an affidavit affirming his or her identity. The provisional ballot may be counted once the election authority verifies the identity of the individual through signature verification and determines that the individual was otherwise eligible to cast a ballot.
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