To address when district and gender designated seats cannot be filled during elections or when vacancies occur

HB 5639 amends West Virginia Code §3-1-9 to clarify procedures for filling vacancies and electing members to political party committees. The bill requires that in each magisterial district, county executive committees must elect one male and one female member (or two of each in three-district counties), and specifies that unfilled gender-designated seats become at-large positions if insufficient candidates of a required gender are available. It also establishes that vacancies on party committees must be filled by the relevant county executive committee following specific guidelines for gender and district representation. This bill directly affects how West Virginia political parties organize and staff their county and district-level committees.