We are strongly opposed to these unnecessary new restrictions. They are, in our view, simple and absolutely NON-material mistakes or omissions that should not disenfranchise voters. If there truly is a case where identity confusion results from a voter omitting this informaiton, the registrar has other ways to confirm the identity--full address or signature, for example.

As VIrginians living a stone's throw away from the home of George Washington, we have always been proud of our beloved commonwealth's role in establishing democracy in this country. But these proposed restrictions amount to something uncomfortably close to entrapment, and address a problem that does not even exist. Furthermore, most of the voters affected would be the elderly, the infirm, and college students; we should be encouraging and helping these voters, not penalizing them for nitpicking errors.

Les and Laura Sonnenmark