CHARLESTON, W.Va.
(AP) — Nearly 18% of West Virginia’s registered voters have requested
absentee ballots for the June 9 primary election.

Secretary
of State Mac Warner said Wednesday that nearly 215,000 absentee ballots
were requested and nearly 87,000 of those ballots, or 7.1% of
registered voters, had been returned to county clerks.

All
registered voters are permitted to use an absentee mail-in ballot under
the “other medical reason” excuse due to the coronavirus.

In-person early voting runs from May 27 through June 6. The last day to register to vote in the primary is May 19.