Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Elections
 
Board
State Board of Elections
 
chapter
Absentee Voting [1 VAC 20 ‑ 70]
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
Action 2014 Absentee Material Omissions
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 7/21/2014
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7/19/14  10:59 pm
Commenter: Margaret Luca, former Secretary, Electoral Board, Fairfax County

AB voting
 

This has been a bogus issue for many years. Every person who receives an absentee ballot has applied for it!  The information on the inside and outside envelope is the accurate information of the voter.  GR's: Are your records incorrect? If so, why?  Certainly not the voters' faults. If you can't keep track of Jrs, Srs, I, II or III, it is your fault. I simply cannot believe how many times I see that as an excuse for denying AB voters.

The MAJOR QUESTION IS:  Why should the standards for overseas absentee vorting and in-country absentee be different? One time you vote absentee because you are away from home, but not overseas.  You must include all kinds of of information on the inside envelope which, by the way, is on the label, for your vote to be counted. The Next year you are overseas!  You apply for an absentee ballot and when you send it back all that is needed is your signature and the signature of a witness. The label on the inside and outside envelope is the same as last year!! Just amazing. Please give me an argument to that.

 

 

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