Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Elections
 
Board
State Board of Elections
 
chapter
Voter Registration [1 VAC 20 ‑ 40]
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
Action 2015 Voter Registration Application Regulation and Form Update
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 8/3/2015
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8/1/15  2:02 pm
Commenter: Alden Abbott, Heritage Foundation, retired career Senior Executive Service

NO to proposed change
 

NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO!  This proposed change is a travesty and must not be implemented.  Heritage Foundation research documents large numbers of voter fraud convictions across the country.  The only rational reason to allow voting by those who fail to attest to their citizenship is to promote fraud and thereby devalue the legitimate votes of U.S. citizens.  Such a devaluation is a cancer on our democracy that undermines republican government, inconsistent with the Constitution's recognition that the states are guaranteed a republican form of government.  The governor and his allies in this misbegotten enterprise should hang their heads in collective shame and immediately withdraw the proposed change.  If they fail to do so, one can only conclude that they support fraud and wish to devalue republican government -- positions that demonstrate utter contempt for what it means to be an American citizen and dishonor the blood shed by Americans to maintain freedom and democracy.  

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