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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7/21/14  2:05 am
Commenter: Patricia S. Matheson

2014 absentee ballot restrictions
 

We should be encouraging eligible voters to vote, not making it even more burdensome, or as these proposed changes do, entraping them into simple and non-material errors (despite the effort to call the changes material)  which will invalidate their votes.  Who votes absentee by mail?  Mostly people who have physical difficulty actually getting to the polls, so these proposals target the elderly and infirm.  Those who are merely going out of town tend to go to the absentee in person locations.  

I strongly opppose these changes.

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