The League of  Women Voters agrees with previous commentators, especially those responsible for managing Virginia's elections, who noted that the additions to material omissions which would invalidate a ballot are unnecessary and would limit a persons right to vote.  Truthfully, they come across as needless nitpicking and likely fodder for TV commentary on Virginia's laws and regulations.

On a practical level, many generational indicators are not really a part of a persons name, and in any case, are not used in the course of everyday living.   One group that could be especially affected by this are college students who form a large segment of absentee by mail voters.  The same situation is true of street indicators.  While using "street," "place," "court," etc. might be useful in calling a taxi, it is not necessary to decide whether to accept a ballot.  Many persons don't know what their street indicator is because it is never used.  Further, a voter's eligibility is ascertained when her application for an absentee ballot is received and again when the returned ballot is received by the elections office. A missing "Ave. or Pl." shouldn't be cause to reject a voter's ballot.

It is time that more attention be paid to ways to extend the franchise, inform the voters, and increase voter turnout than to find ways to keep eligible citizens from having their votes counted.