FACTOID # 5: The top five states for youth voter turnout in the 2000 Presidential Election all went for Al Gore.
 
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The South > West Virginia > Government

WEST VIRGINIAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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1972 Election > Youth voter turnout 23% [23rd of 41]
2000 Election > Youth voter turnout 30% [30th of 41]
2004 Election > Total registered voters 37 [37th of 51]
2004 Election > Total voted 37 [37th of 51]
2004 Election > Total votes as percentage 41% [41st of 51]
2004 Election > Voting age population 36 [36th of 51]
2004 Election > Youth voter turnout 20% [20th of 41]
congressional apportionment > 1789–1910 > 1789
congressional apportionment > 1789–1910 > 1790
congressional apportionment > 1789–1910 > 1830
congressional apportionment > 1789–1910 > 1860
congressional apportionment > 1920-present > 1940 25 [25th of 48]
congressional apportionment > 1920-present > 1970 33 [33rd of 50]
Electoral Votes 38 [38th of 51]
Gun Laws > Permits
A permit is not required to purchase firearms. A license is required to carry a concealed handgun.
Gun Laws > Prohibited firearms
It is unlawful for any person to carry, transport, or possess any machine gun, submachine gun, or any other fully automatic weapon, except in compliance with Federal law.
Gun Laws > Prohibited persons
law prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who is convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year; addicted to alcohol; an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance; adjudicated as a mental defective or committed involuntarily to a mental institution; an illegal alien; dishonorably discharged from the armed forces; subject to a domestic violence protective order; convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence; or a minor under the age of 18 (except in limited circumstances). It is illegal to sell, rent, give, or lend a firearm to a prohibited person.
Patents Issued 41 [41st of 54]
Seats in the House of Representatives 36 seats [36th of 50]
State court > Nomenclature > Court of Last Resort Supreme Court of Appeals

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SOURCES: CIRCLE, The Center for Information and Reasearch on Civic Learning and Engagement; U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005.; Wikipedia: United States congressional apportionment ; FirstGov Official Government website; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003; United States Patent and Trademark Office; The United States House of Representatives; Wikipedia: State court

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: WV

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