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  7:25 pm
Commenter: Olga Hernandez

Absentee voting
 

When people register they use their name, perhaps with a Middle name or initial.  Over time they may forget if they used their given middle name or maiden name yet it is still them or if they included the suffix Jr, II or whatever.    Being nitpicky about such  particulars, when it is already easy to identify that it is the registered person is disenfranchising and blatantly unfair.  Someone may forget to include the “street” or “avenue” designation, does that really change the validity of the vote?   It is important the every eligible, identifiable vote get properly counted and the Office of Elections needs to make sure these insignificant errors do not cause a vote to be discarded.

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