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  10:26 am
Commenter: Christopher Schaffer, Citizen

Too many unnecessary rules
 

The only absentee ballots that should not be counted are if the signature is missing or the Registrar cannot determine the voter. Creating a rule disqualifying all ballots without street identifiers or generational suffixes is absurd on several levels. We are talking about absentee ballots for which people have submitted an application in advance. The Registrar KNOWS who applied for absentee ballots--there should be no question. Furthermore, the full name (with generational qualifier) and full adress (with street identifier) is pre-printed on the return envelope. Why should this need to be duplicated by the voter? Finally, if the omission of certain information truly renders the Registrar unable to identify a particular voter, then that particular ballot can be disqualified. There is no reason to disqualify ALL ballots missing certain information just because some circumstance may require it.

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