Department of Elections
State Board of Elections
Absentee Voting
[1 VAC 20 ‑ 70]
On this Action:
CLOSED Opened on 4/23/2012 and Ended on 10/12/2011
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| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| Undemocratic | Sydney E. Rab | 10/12/11 7:50 pm |
| Additional Clarity Needed | Ruth K. Miller, Virginia Voter and Taxpayer | 10/12/11 7:43 pm |
| Make Voting Easier | Carol Summerlyn | 10/12/11 5:15 pm |
| Guidelines/Regulations for Absentee Ballots | Ralph Chasteen | 10/12/11 4:57 pm |
| The military votes by absentee ballot | Roger Mancastroppa | 10/12/11 4:54 pm |
| Material Omissions from Absentee Ballots | Hope N. Walton | 10/12/11 3:43 pm |
| Material & Immaterial Omissions in Conflict? | Robin Lind, Secretary, Goochland County Electoral Board | 10/12/11 12:21 pm |
| new voting regulations | Ken Lederman | 10/12/11 11:48 am |
| Absentee ballot changes | Jo Anne Westhoff | 10/12/11 11:39 am |
| Material Omissions from absentee ballots | Michele Atkinson | 10/12/11 10:32 am |
| Forward ever backward never | Carolyn Bolden | 10/12/11 10:10 am |
| Absentee Voting | Monica Reid | 10/12/11 9:46 am |
| Also support of Margaret Luca's comment | M. E. Hady | 10/12/11 7:58 am |
| Preserve Religious Freedom | Annette Stewart | 10/12/11 7:51 am |
| Absentee voting | Philip Church, DoD (Retired) | 10/12/11 4:04 am |
| Would we deny a signer of The Declaration of Independence for poor penmanship?? | Jeanne Bishop | 10/12/11 1:06 am |
| Virginia's going backwards again (Sigh) | Patricia Churchill | 10/12/11 12:02 am |
| absentee voting | H C Bergemann | 10/11/11 10:46 pm |
| NO REGULATION | US Army Vet | 10/11/11 9:31 pm |
| I Oppose new Regulations For Absentee Ballots | Stephen Roberts - West End Richmond | 10/11/11 7:27 pm |
| Not a necessary action | Andrew | 10/11/11 7:05 pm |
| Oppose new regulations for absentee ballots | Chip Atkins | 10/11/11 6:53 pm |
| Totally unnecessary & thinly veiled attempt at voter supression | Stephanie Rodriguez, concerned citizen | 10/11/11 5:51 pm |
| Absentee Ballot | Ann Hardy | 10/11/11 5:47 pm |
| UNAMERICAN | Claire Tuite, APV member and local business owner | 10/11/11 5:43 pm |
| Absentee Voter Rights | Jan Christoph | 10/11/11 5:01 pm |
| Are you nuts? | Joann Henry | 10/11/11 4:31 pm |
| Proposed SBE Rules on Absentee Ballots are Discriminatory | George Burke, Chair -- 11th Congressional District Democratic Committee | 10/11/11 4:26 pm |
| Absentee Voting Rul Changes | Monica marlow | 10/11/11 3:40 pm |
| Absentee voting regulations & college student IDs | Sarah Bayldon | 10/11/11 3:36 pm |
| Disqualifying a Ballot Should be Rare and only as a last resort | Maria Galasso, Stafford, Va | 10/11/11 2:50 pm |
| Changing regulations on absentee ballot voting. | Louise Mont-Tucker, Private Citizen | 10/11/11 2:26 pm |
| Absentee balloting is a right - Keep it accessible | D R Chew | 10/11/11 2:15 pm |
| disqualify absentee ballots | McDaniels | 10/11/11 1:37 pm |
| Voters right | Vickie Jackson | 10/11/11 1:26 pm |
| Voters Rights | Sarah Propst, Citizen | 10/11/11 1:12 pm |
| THE GOP ANTI-AMERICAN MOVEMENT | KCaine | 10/11/11 12:46 pm |
| LETS VOTE AT POST OFFICES!! | Theresa Terry | 10/11/11 12:26 pm |
| Voting IS Freedom! | Theresa Terry | 10/11/11 12:23 pm |
| The illusion of Democracy | Lawrence Huggins | 10/11/11 11:14 am |
| This is ridiculous! | Cpatterson | 10/11/11 10:53 am |
| Ridiculous! Every citizen should have the right to vote in an objective, not subjective, manner. | Brenda D. Eichelberger | 10/11/11 10:47 am |
| SIGNATURES | CAROLYN DEBNAM | 10/11/11 10:34 am |
| OMG... | Jacqueline | 10/11/11 10:18 am |
| Consistency and Fairness | C. Franklin | 10/11/11 9:18 am |
| PROTEST | MARTTA K MODIRI RETIRED | 10/11/11 8:21 am |
| PROTEST | MARTTA K MODIRI RETIRED | 10/11/11 8:19 am |
| Voting Rights | Donna M. Martin | 10/11/11 7:54 am |
| Republicans will do anything | robert abraham | 10/11/11 7:24 am |
| Restricting absentee ballots | Sara Bebout | 10/11/11 6:37 am |
| Voting Rights Under Attack! | Kathy Paton | 10/10/11 11:48 pm |
| Encourage Voter Partcipation not Discourage | Arleen Green | 10/10/11 10:52 pm |
| Voter restrictions | M.P. Gunter | 10/10/11 10:24 pm |
| Proposed Reg Falls Short | Rex Simmons, Chair, Fairfax County Democratic Committee | 10/10/11 10:12 pm |
| Voting | Rosetta M. Lowery | 10/10/11 8:34 pm |
| Stop roadblocks to voting--absentee ballots | Judy stevens | 10/10/11 7:47 pm |
| Absentee voting | Arletha Cain of GEA | 10/10/11 6:40 pm |
| Absentee Voting Illegible Signature | Seymour D. Glanzer Retired | 10/10/11 5:46 pm |
| ELEMENINATION OF BALLOTS BASED ON PENMANSHIP | BONNIE | 10/10/11 5:12 pm |
| Absentee Voting | Patricia Powell | 10/10/11 4:31 pm |
| absentee voting | Kelly Hedgepeth | 10/10/11 4:30 pm |
| Concerned | Foster Hardiman | 10/10/11 4:30 pm |
| Don't make voting harder | Adam West | 10/10/11 4:19 pm |
| possible discount of an absentee ballot due to poor signature | Mrs.Patricia A. Hunter | 10/10/11 4:16 pm |
| Absentee Voting | Charles Maddox | 10/10/11 3:48 pm |
| Changes in Virginia's Absentee Voting Standards | pjkittrell | 10/10/11 3:07 pm |
| Voting Rights and Sloppy Signatures? | Clara Martin | 10/10/11 1:55 pm |
| the ease of voting separates America from all nations / lets preserve that right | andrew eckford | 10/10/11 1:47 pm |
| reiko23452@yahoo.com | Reiko Schwab | 10/10/11 1:23 pm |
| Voting Rights! | American | 10/10/11 12:59 pm |
| Really, Bob??? | Karyn McAden | 10/10/11 12:10 pm |
| Common sense and secure, not irrelevant exclusion | Peter Newbould, Chairman, Alexandria Electoral Board | 10/10/11 12:04 pm |
| Voter restrictions | Susan Ramos | 10/10/11 11:47 am |
| This IS a democracy, right? | Pamela Evans | 10/10/11 11:28 am |
| Proposed Regulation on Material Omissions on Absentee Ballot Envelope | Howard m. Wilson, Jr. | 10/10/11 11:14 am |
| I Wasn't Going To Vote Republican Anyway | Sam Sallome | 10/10/11 11:10 am |
| Voter Fraud | Micheline Eyraud | 10/10/11 11:09 am |
| Reject proposal to amend 1VAC20-7 | Dan McDonald, private citizen | 10/10/11 11:02 am |
| Changes in voting eligibility | John Courtney | 10/10/11 10:39 am |
| atinbasu@gmail.com | Atin Basuchoudhary | 10/10/11 10:37 am |
| Make absentee voting easy | David Boomsma | 10/10/11 10:24 am |
| Basic Common Sense | R. Stewart, Citizen | 10/10/11 10:22 am |
| Absentee ballot regulations | Lawrence H. Glanzer | 10/10/11 10:19 am |
| Measure before the State Board of Elections regarding Absentee Ballots | Hernan E. Navarro, Jr. | 10/10/11 10:09 am |
| voting rights | Barbara Greene | 10/10/11 10:09 am |
| don't restrict our most precious right | theresa cook, voter | 10/10/11 10:02 am |
| I object. | Nikki | 10/10/11 10:01 am |
| We need people to participate--don't shut them out. | Katie Hoffman, private citizen | 10/10/11 9:50 am |
| Voter Restriction | Helen Stackhouse | 10/10/11 9:46 am |
| We Should Ensure that Our Citizens Know Exactly How to Vote Correctly. | Joy Loving, Citizen | 10/10/11 9:39 am |
| absentee voting | Frances Walker | 10/10/11 9:34 am |
| The Right to Vote in Virginia | Ernestine Wilson | 10/10/11 9:17 am |
| Repugnant Repubs | John Whitley, Consulting Services Group:The Professional Learning Specialis | 10/10/11 8:12 am |
| This law disenfranchises our old and our disabled. | Robert w Smith | 10/10/11 6:58 am |
| Absentee ballot rules | Marshall F. Smith | 10/10/11 6:49 am |
| Support equality in voting | Amy Chen | 10/10/11 12:45 am |
| No More Restrictions | John Reynolds, absentee voter | 10/10/11 12:22 am |
| Restricts Democratic Principles | Dale Moes | 10/9/11 11:18 pm |
| Sad time for Virginians and the entire country | betty crowley | 10/9/11 11:12 pm |
| Signature Shouldn't Matter so Much | Edwin Bonilla | 10/9/11 10:11 pm |
| Republican dirty tricks | walter short | 10/9/11 9:37 pm |
| Do Not Make it Harder for Absentee Ballots to Count | Amy Louise Richardson | 10/9/11 9:00 pm |
| Absentee ballot | Noelle Awalegaonkar | 10/9/11 8:50 pm |
| Absentee Ballot | Michalynn Jones | 10/9/11 6:10 pm |
| Voting | Barbara Chapman | 10/9/11 6:07 pm |
| Absentee Ballots | Rosemarie Sawdon | 10/9/11 5:43 pm |
| Concern over Restriction of Voting Access | Carol E. Smith | 10/9/11 5:34 pm |
| Absentee Voting Material Requirements | Rebecca Cofman | 10/9/11 5:20 pm |
| Absentee Ballot | Tiffany Williams | 10/9/11 5:03 pm |
| If true, this is nothing short of perverting the democratic process | Irving Lefkowitz, Retired | 10/9/11 3:23 pm |
| Absentee Ballot: Legible Signature Requirement | John Hensen Registered Virginia Voter | 10/9/11 12:52 pm |
| Dont make absentee ballot voting harder | SAKINA Paige | 10/9/11 12:47 pm |
| Voter registration | Carol F Baird | 10/9/11 12:44 pm |
| Voting disqualification | Minnie Hood | 10/9/11 12:32 pm |
| absentee ballot | Diana Ruchelman | 10/9/11 12:08 pm |
| Fix a problem that doesn't exist | Chuck Bernstein | 10/9/11 11:27 am |
| Keep it simple! We need to make voting easier, not more restrictive! | Blair Williamson, voter | 10/9/11 10:34 am |
| Please maintain the current regulations | John Underwood, retired | 10/9/11 10:31 am |
| Discounting any vote is a TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE! | Zanean Toher | 10/9/11 10:20 am |
| Absentee ballots | Cynthia Waldron Clark | 10/9/11 10:14 am |
| Make it easier to vote, not harder | Carol dennis | 10/9/11 9:46 am |
| absentee ballots | Mary Catherine Wimer | 10/9/11 9:32 am |
| Material Omissions | Patricia S. Ladlee, a Virginia resident who votes and pays taxes. | 10/9/11 9:24 am |
| Material Ommissions form Absentee Ballots | Bruce White, retiree | 10/9/11 9:22 am |
| absentee ballots | diane toliver | 10/9/11 8:35 am |
| Absentee Ballots | Richard Gossweiler | 10/9/11 8:15 am |
| Voting | Annabel G. Gunsallus | 10/9/11 7:41 am |
| Absentee Ballots | Harriet Schaller | 10/9/11 7:22 am |
| Absentee Voting | Mary T. Watkins | 10/9/11 5:23 am |
| Voter Rights | Judi Dumond | 10/8/11 11:34 pm |
| Voter suppresion is alive and well | Bob Noel | 10/8/11 10:50 pm |
| Voter Suppression | Cheryl, | 10/8/11 10:39 pm |
| Disqualifying voters because of quality of signature | Don Smith | 10/8/11 10:37 pm |
| Against this action of excluding ballots due to handwriting. | Eddy Westmoreland, Virginia citizen | 10/8/11 10:28 pm |
| jipsy757@aol.com | Martha P. Chamblee | 10/8/11 10:19 pm |
| Its obvious this is an attempt to disenfranchise voters for the 2012 elections | Cheryl A Mason | 10/8/11 10:13 pm |
| Sloppy Signature | Claire Green | 10/8/11 10:08 pm |
| Voting Rights Need to stay with the current options. | Nathaniel Ford | 10/8/11 9:58 pm |
| Had hoped that Virgina would not succumb to attempting voter suppression | V Jackson | 10/8/11 9:43 pm |
| Material omissions from absentee ballots | MAry Ellen Ferrante, retired | 10/8/11 9:36 pm |
| Absentee voting rights | Paul M. Schultz | 10/8/11 9:35 pm |
| Signature on Absentee Ballots | Eleanor P. Collins | 10/8/11 9:32 pm |
| Material omissions from absentee ballots | Frank E. Ferrante, Retired | 10/8/11 9:18 pm |
| Material omissions from absentee ballots. | A F Heezen, Jr | 10/8/11 9:14 pm |
| don't attempt to limit voting rights please | Sara Shoob | 10/8/11 8:52 pm |
| Right to vote | Giles Morris | 10/8/11 8:48 pm |
| Board of State Social Services | Gerda Keiswetter | 10/8/11 8:26 pm |
| Absentee balloting | Timothy A. MacDonald | 10/8/11 8:25 pm |
| Our signature makes us unique | Maxine Thompson, Sandston VA | 10/8/11 8:00 pm |
| Absentee ballots | June Clendening | 10/8/11 8:00 pm |
| reject Gov. McDonnel's proposal. | paulette ampey | 10/8/11 7:23 pm |
| Absentee ballot requirements | Steve Silcox, Virginia citizen | 10/8/11 7:19 pm |
| Absentee Voting | Karen L Jorde | 10/8/11 7:16 pm |
| re ; absentee ballot | E.S. Rodriquez | 10/8/11 7:13 pm |
| Stop Trying to Destroy our Right to Vote | Beverly Burney | 10/8/11 7:11 pm |
| Absentee Voting | Concerned VA Voter | 10/8/11 6:51 pm |
| absentee voting | Robert Stuart | 10/8/11 6:48 pm |
| Absentee Ballot | Jeff Cody | 10/8/11 6:29 pm |
| Vote Suppression | Eric Israel | 10/8/11 6:12 pm |
| Voting Rights/Why make it harder? | Donna Josaitis | 10/8/11 6:03 pm |
| Voting rules | Gillet Rosenblith | 10/8/11 6:02 pm |
| Voting rules | Gillet Rosenblith | 10/8/11 5:57 pm |
| Unreasonably strict qualification of absentee ballots | Richard H. Lessard, Virginia resident and voter | 10/8/11 5:31 pm |
| Shame on McDonnell | Willam Butcher | 10/8/11 5:26 pm |
| RE: Absentee Voting | Mary W Thompson | 10/8/11 4:46 pm |
| Absentee Ballot Restrictions Proposed | Correll Townes | 10/8/11 4:43 pm |
| what you are afraid of repugs? | pammyg | 10/8/11 4:33 pm |
| Changing the Rules | John Goulde, Amherst | 10/8/11 4:15 pm |
| Outrageous | Mark C. Pugh, Citizen of the Commonwealth | 10/8/11 4:14 pm |
| Board wanting clear signatures | Jerry Teplitz | 10/8/11 4:01 pm |
| Do We Really Believe in Democracy | ellinor j washington | 10/8/11 3:57 pm |
| This is just plain stupid. | Shirley Parris | 10/8/11 3:48 pm |
| JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS FOR ALL | Della W. Bland | 10/8/11 3:37 pm |
| Absentee voter regulation | Marilyn Newton | 10/8/11 3:27 pm |
| Active Duty Personnel serving outside of Virginia | Andrew A. Gaeta | 10/8/11 3:24 pm |
| Voting Rights | Jeffrey Clayton Rasnic | 10/8/11 3:14 pm |
| Let's stop trying to limit the mumber of people who may vote in elections | William Bass | 10/8/11 3:07 pm |
| Absentee voter regulations | Richard Benjamin, private citizen of Virginia | 10/8/11 2:51 pm |
| Do not make voting more difficult. | Lois Troxell | 10/8/11 2:49 pm |
| Protecting legitimate voters rights is essential to our entire civil process | Richard J. Martone, citizen and voter | 10/8/11 2:46 pm |
| Yeah, change your signature...so that it then looks forged and gets thrown out anyway. | E Herbig | 10/8/11 2:43 pm |
| Return to Jim Crow Days? | Jean Busboso | 10/8/11 2:26 pm |
| Return to Jim Crow Days? | Jean Busboso | 10/8/11 2:26 pm |
| voting regulations | william plunkert | 10/8/11 2:16 pm |
| voting regulations | william plunkert | 10/8/11 2:15 pm |
| Unbelievable, yet unsurprising | Lisa Priebe | 10/8/11 1:58 pm |
| Absentee Ballot Proposed Requirements | Darlene Dockery | 10/8/11 1:57 pm |
| Absentee ballot | Karen B-W | 10/8/11 1:57 pm |
| Regulatory Action regarding Absentee Ballots | Sharon | 10/8/11 1:51 pm |
| Disqualified for bad penmanship??? | Kathryn Jones | 10/8/11 1:34 pm |
| Fighting Back!!! | Dawn Gunn | 10/8/11 1:33 pm |
| Count the votes | Henry Coleman | 10/8/11 12:43 pm |
| Absentee ballot changes to restrict voters' voice | Suzanne Keller, citizen, Virginia by birth and heritage | 10/8/11 12:28 pm |
| Voter Registration | John C. Brunner | 10/8/11 12:27 pm |
| Proposed Revisions for Absentee Ballot Requirements | Sam and Sallie Lewis | 10/8/11 12:27 pm |
| right to cast a ballot, either in person or absentee | Oliver Kim | 10/8/11 12:00 pm |
| Neat signature required to use your right to vote? | diane post | 10/8/11 11:43 am |
| absurd | Debbie Lichtenstein | 10/8/11 11:25 am |
| Defend Democracy | Anna B. Mitchell | 10/8/11 11:11 am |
| Limits on Absentee Ballots = Voteer Supression | Shawn O'Donnell | 10/8/11 11:01 am |
| Voter Suppression | Herbert Mitchell | 10/8/11 10:58 am |
| Material Omissions | Elizabeth Kimbriel, citizen | 10/8/11 10:51 am |
| Voting | Patricia Vrabel | 10/8/11 10:47 am |
| Do Not Tighten regulataions on absentee ballot voting | John k Molloy | 10/8/11 10:45 am |
| Some fight for rights, some fight to take them away | Thomas B Huff | 10/8/11 10:37 am |
| Protecting Voter's Rights | Kathy L. Reed | 10/8/11 10:37 am |
| Material Omissions on Absentee Ballots | GET INVOLVED NOW !! | 10/8/11 10:33 am |
| absentee ballot | T. Bull | 10/8/11 10:30 am |
| Please let every vote count | James | 10/8/11 10:25 am |
| Absentee Voting Limitations | Natalie Somer | 10/8/11 10:16 am |
| Election Regulations | Patricia J Webb | 10/8/11 10:13 am |
| Voting absentee should be easier not harder | Eric Vance | 10/8/11 10:09 am |
| Absentee Voting | Alvin | 10/8/11 10:05 am |
| absentee ballot regulations | Hannah Lloyd | 10/8/11 9:52 am |
| Material omissions from absentee ballots. | Bernard Hyde | 10/8/11 9:50 am |
| Absentee Voting | Betsy Caudill | 10/8/11 9:47 am |
| Absentee Ballot proposed regulations | Lara Ellis | 10/8/11 9:46 am |
| Voter Suppression Again? | Joan Porte | 10/8/11 9:46 am |
| JDRD@cox.net | J. Dominic R. Desnoyers | 10/8/11 9:37 am |
| proposal restricts voting | jane seward | 10/8/11 9:29 am |
| Again??? | HB Mika, Citizen | 10/8/11 9:28 am |
| Sloppy Signature | John Harvey | 10/8/11 9:17 am |
| Another Republican Dirty Trick | Jane Williamson | 10/8/11 9:01 am |
| Absentee Ballots | DLD | 10/8/11 8:57 am |
| Do Not Tamper with Voting Rights | Jeanette Rishell | 10/8/11 8:56 am |
| Ensuring Vote Accounting | Michael Burnett | 10/8/11 8:53 am |
| Voters wrights | Lawrence Clark | 10/8/11 8:51 am |
| Are we no longer a democracy? | Cheryl M. Riordan | 10/8/11 8:38 am |
| Absentee ballot validation | JeVerna Haynes | 10/8/11 8:29 am |
| ARE YOU KIDDING?! | Mrs. Janet Zaso | 10/8/11 8:23 am |
| Ballot Reform | Jim Miller, Citizen | 10/8/11 8:13 am |
| virginia voters' rights | janet shaner | 10/8/11 7:59 am |
| veterans' rights | Judith Sanders | 10/8/11 7:54 am |
| Judging the Legibility of Signatures to Vote | Mary Curro, Citizen | 10/8/11 7:51 am |
| Material Ommission on Absentee Ballots | P. Black | 10/8/11 7:49 am |
| Signatures on Absentee ballot | Karen Bennett | 10/8/11 7:48 am |
| Absentee Voter Signature | Robert J Huskey | 10/8/11 7:39 am |
| ehlarkin@gmail.com | Esther Larkin | 10/8/11 7:27 am |
| Government Serves the People | Pam Pettengell | 10/8/11 7:25 am |
| Voting Signatures | Pamela Mullen*Citizen | 10/8/11 7:15 am |
| voter suppression | michelle erickson | 10/8/11 7:06 am |
| mhicks80382@comcast.net | MARY HICKS | 10/8/11 6:47 am |
| Material Omissions | A. Douglas | 10/8/11 6:46 am |
| Absentee Ballot | Peggy Porter Boyd | 10/8/11 6:45 am |
| voting rights | Barbara D. Stovall | 10/8/11 6:38 am |
| Absentee ballot | Julie Strouse | 10/8/11 6:07 am |
| restricting ballots | Susan Zorn | 10/8/11 5:33 am |
| Voting rights | Duygu Kivanc | 10/8/11 4:04 am |
| Make it EASIER not HARDER | James Reeder, Citizen of Franklin VA | 10/8/11 3:40 am |
| I do not support this legislation | William T Magowan | 10/8/11 3:20 am |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Voting? | Mark Lazar | 10/8/11 2:20 am |
| absentee ballots | Greg Dixon | 10/8/11 1:21 am |
| Unnecessary Additional Rules Will Invalidate Legitimate Absentee Ballots | Richard M. Lent | 10/8/11 1:15 am |
| Absentee Voting | LoisEF, voter | 10/8/11 1:13 am |
| Disgrace to Virginia Voter's and Our Founding Fathers | Vincent Godfrey Blasco, A Lifelong Democrat | 10/8/11 1:06 am |
| Do not invalidate votes based on technicalities | Eric Vrabel | 10/8/11 12:47 am |
| Too Many Trival Items Identified Disqualifiers | Harry Johnson | 10/8/11 12:43 am |
| Absentee Ballots | Leah Hagood | 10/8/11 12:37 am |
| absentee ballot changes | Matthew Roberts, veteran, business owner, voter | 10/8/11 12:26 am |
| A Giant Step Backward! | M. Edwards | 10/8/11 12:19 am |
| Illegible Signatures, Really? | Victoria Weiss | 10/7/11 11:58 pm |
| Do not shut us out | d m bailey | 10/7/11 11:50 pm |
| Shameful voter suppression tactics | Brenda | 10/7/11 11:42 pm |
| opposed to the change | Roy Gamse | 10/7/11 11:41 pm |
| Enough is Enough! Stand for truth and equality or go home! We need trusted servants not crooks! | J. Obie | 10/7/11 11:38 pm |
| Disqualifying Rules On Absentee Ballots - STOP what you are doing! | Mark A. Cannady | 10/7/11 11:37 pm |
| Absentee Voting Restrictions-STUPID, STUPID, STUPID, AND SHOULD BE ILLEGAL | Cassandra Bass, moveon.org | 10/7/11 11:34 pm |
| Voter suppression? | Wylyn Hodnett, registered voter in Hanover County | 10/7/11 11:25 pm |
| the parlous state of US Democracy | Madison Cummings, Democratic Party, Albemarle County, absentee voter | 10/7/11 11:16 pm |
| Stop The Madness, | Charlotte James | 10/7/11 11:15 pm |
| Needless complexity | Lorene Fields, retired | 10/7/11 11:11 pm |
| Regulations equal restrictions. Stop the madness. | Shalonda | 10/7/11 11:05 pm |
| Why is America going backwards? | Shirley Fowler | 10/7/11 10:43 pm |
| Despicable | Nora | 10/7/11 10:35 pm |
| playing with a citizens right to vote | Philip Goshorn | 10/7/11 10:32 pm |
| Excessive regulatory action on absentee ballots | Paula Bryan | 10/7/11 10:24 pm |
| How sad to see voters nullified because of picky issues! | Robert Elliott Button | 10/7/11 10:04 pm |
| Absentee Ballot | Paul Amrhein | 10/7/11 10:04 pm |
| Rejection of Absentee Ballots | M.H. Wilkinson | 10/7/11 9:58 pm |
| Do not make absentee voting more restrictive | Derek | 10/7/11 9:57 pm |
| absentee ballots | Conrad Sims | 10/7/11 9:56 pm |
| Voters Rights | Debbie Campbell | 10/7/11 9:53 pm |
| Voter Rights | Barbara H. Lee | 10/7/11 9:49 pm |
| Bolster absentee voting! | Kathy P. Versluys | 10/7/11 9:46 pm |
| Absentee Ballot Standards | Chris Hartnett | 10/7/11 9:41 pm |
| Has State govt clearly articulated the need for this legislation? | L Smith | 10/7/11 9:41 pm |
| McDonnell is just being silly ... and Un American. | jim adams, Louisa County Democratic Party | 10/7/11 9:36 pm |
| question | robert steere | 10/7/11 9:32 pm |
| My vote should count: licked envelopes, proper names, and dates be damned | Gretchen Vermilye | 10/7/11 9:31 pm |
| Don't make it harder to vote! | Terrance M Grogan | 10/7/11 9:30 pm |
| Government Over Reach | Dave Arnold | 10/7/11 9:28 pm |
| Voter Suppression | Dell Er2win | 10/7/11 9:28 pm |
| Material ommissions on absentee ballots | Shelton Dominici, Registered Voter | 10/7/11 9:26 pm |
| voter rights | Andrea, citizen of the Commonwealth of VA | 10/7/11 9:23 pm |
| voting law changes | jason dunklebarger | 10/7/11 9:23 pm |
| STOP the voter disenfranchisement! | Cathy Phillips | 10/7/11 9:18 pm |
| absentee ballot | I. Login | 10/7/11 9:13 pm |
| Protection | M. Rick Turner | 10/7/11 9:07 pm |
| absentee ballot regulations | Christine Wells | 10/7/11 9:05 pm |
| Voting | Dee F Pendley | 10/7/11 8:56 pm |
| Restrictions on Absentee Voters | Barbara Vivian | 10/7/11 8:54 pm |
| Voter Fraud Is Not The Issue | Mary C Johnson | 10/7/11 8:52 pm |
| Absentee Voting and Voter Registration | Edith Brashares | 10/7/11 8:51 pm |
| Disqualifying MDs, disabled veterans, elders with disabilities and other voters..... | Lynn Kable, Citizen | 10/7/11 8:49 pm |
| Absentee Ballot/Penmenship | Elaine Moore | 10/7/11 8:46 pm |
| Handwriting | Julia Hughey | 10/7/11 8:39 pm |
| Gov. Mc Donnell, E, Cantor and K. Cuchinnelli want to squash the votes of the poor & students | Kathleen Franck | 10/7/11 8:38 pm |
| Absentee Voting | Arnold Nachmanoff | 10/7/11 8:32 pm |
| The Goal Should Be to Encourage All Eligible Voters to Vote, NOT Discourage Voting | Ann Turner Burks, citizen | 10/7/11 8:25 pm |
| Anti American Republicans | Peter Brobeil, PhD | 10/7/11 8:20 pm |
| Intent of the voter should prevail | Craig Heinke | 10/7/11 8:17 pm |
| Voter Eligibility | Kristine McLaughlin | 10/7/11 8:15 pm |
| Voter regulations | Theo B. Giesy | 10/7/11 8:03 pm |
| The Handwriting on the Wall | Chris Lozos, myself, an American and as a Virginian, Senior Citizen | 10/7/11 8:01 pm |
| Come, let us reason together | Elaine E. Thompson | 10/7/11 7:59 pm |
| Democracy Demands the Presumption on Behalf of the Voter | Raymond Firehock, Private Citizen and Registered Voter | 10/7/11 7:52 pm |
| Absentee Ballots | Diane Mickey | 10/7/11 7:47 pm |
| Signature on Absentee Ballots | Nancy Adams | 10/7/11 7:45 pm |
| regulations for accepting absentee ballots | Opal Stroup, Va. voter | 10/7/11 7:44 pm |
| Shame on McDonald | Laura grant | 10/7/11 7:43 pm |
| Is someone afraid of a TRUE vote? | Phil Jaderborg, Virginia Resident | 10/7/11 7:42 pm |
| Absentee Voters | Susan H. Blasco, voter & wife of a disabled voter | 10/7/11 7:36 pm |
| don't take away my vote | Estelle Paus | 10/7/11 7:33 pm |
| LImiting Access to voting | Carol J. Mitchell senior citizen and tax payer | 10/7/11 7:32 pm |
| Voting Rights | Patricia J. Lewis | 10/7/11 7:29 pm |
| comment on proposed regulatory action | William J. Ackerman, citizen and voter | 10/7/11 7:28 pm |
| Voting Rights!!! | Roxie Goodlett | 10/7/11 7:28 pm |
| Absentee Voter Ballads | Celso Puente jr. | 10/7/11 7:28 pm |
| Absentee Ballot Regulations | Susan Boatwright Maillet, VA taxpayer and voter, Ret'd Gov't Employee | 10/7/11 7:22 pm |
| The vote | Mary Anne Stone | 10/7/11 7:17 pm |
| Common Sense | Lynda Myers, Citizen of Batesville, VA | 10/7/11 7:10 pm |
| Gotcha Requirements | Kathleen M Smith | 10/7/11 7:06 pm |
| Absentee Ballot | Brian O'Neill, retired | 10/7/11 7:06 pm |
| Absentee Ballot | Brian O'Neill, retired | 10/7/11 7:05 pm |
| Penmanship as a criterion | R Easton, MD | 10/7/11 7:02 pm |
| Elections board should make it easier, not harder, for all to vote! | William I. Bacchus, Arlington | 10/7/11 7:00 pm |
| Elections board should make it easier, not harder, for all to vote! | William I. Bacchus, Arlington | 10/7/11 7:00 pm |
| Republicans know they cannot win unless... | Barbra Nehls | 10/7/11 6:59 pm |
| Counting Votes | Tom Reel, private citizen | 10/7/11 6:59 pm |
| Promote Democracy, Don't Stifle It | Randal H. Ihara | 10/7/11 6:56 pm |
| Absentee Voting | Karen Fedorov | 10/7/11 6:55 pm |
| Voter Suppression | S. Bumpas, Voter | 10/7/11 6:52 pm |
| make voting rules fair for all -no penmanship restrictions or others to prevent citizens from voting | Millie Kantner | 10/7/11 6:48 pm |
| Concerned about proposed changes | Kaitlin Turck, US State Department | 10/7/11 6:47 pm |
| Against the proposed rule | Edward Oppenheimer | 10/7/11 6:46 pm |
| Protection for voters rights | Ruth Taylor | 10/7/11 6:46 pm |
| Political ploy? | Rebecca L. Carter | 10/7/11 6:45 pm |
| Protect legitimate votes | Suzanne LiPuma | 10/7/11 6:44 pm |
| Proposed changes to absentee ballots | Eleanor Cartwright | 10/7/11 6:41 pm |
| slapham@verizon.net | Sandra Lapham | 10/7/11 6:39 pm |
| Opposed to Rejection of Ballots Due to Minor Technicalities | Michael Dougherty, Culpeper County | 10/7/11 6:39 pm |
| New absentee voting rules | Sara Pearson | 10/7/11 6:34 pm |
| Absentee Ballot rules | Valorie R. Lee | 10/7/11 6:32 pm |
| Absentee Voter | Alison Szalwinski | 10/7/11 6:31 pm |
| What constitues a sloppy signature? | David Gwaltney | 10/7/11 6:27 pm |
| Why are you trying to take away my right to vote. | Edward Samuel Risley | 10/7/11 6:26 pm |
| disenfranchinging Virginians | Otice C. Sircy | 10/7/11 6:25 pm |
| will my vote be cancelled? and without my knowing it? | Ron Thompson | 10/7/11 6:25 pm |
| Any old way to suppression | Gloria Spottswood, KASH4 Catering and Party Rentals | 10/7/11 6:23 pm |
| Absente Ballots | Sandra Byrd | 10/7/11 6:22 pm |
| handwritting is not required to vote. | david r flores | 10/7/11 6:22 pm |
| I Object | Paula B. Kugelman | 10/7/11 6:20 pm |
| This comment should be disqualified | Steve Why | 10/7/11 6:18 pm |
| Limiting Voting Voting Rights | William H Ralston, Retired Attorney | 10/7/11 6:17 pm |
| I object. | Donald P Smith | 10/7/11 6:14 pm |
| Absentee Ballots | Richard B. Roberts | 10/7/11 6:10 pm |
| Voting rights | Ann Covalt, self-employed | 10/7/11 6:07 pm |
| Voter suppression | Kathleen Henry | 10/7/11 6:07 pm |
| ID/Signature Verification | Patrick Hamilton | 10/7/11 6:07 pm |
| absentee voting | Ronald Machmer | 10/7/11 6:05 pm |
| Absentee ballot penmanship | Peggy Howell | 10/7/11 6:03 pm |
| Do not enact these rules! Do not restrict voters rights! | Catherine Keller | 10/7/11 6:00 pm |
| Absentee ballots should count | Ann Jarrell, voter | 10/7/11 6:00 pm |
| the right to vote | Patricia Beard | 10/7/11 5:58 pm |
| absentee ballots - poor penmanship | Nancy Treusch | 10/7/11 5:57 pm |
| absentee ballots | diana walker | 10/7/11 5:57 pm |
| Right to Vote | Pat Wilson | 10/7/11 5:56 pm |
| sloppy hand writing and other questionable reasons to deny voting rights | Lori Williams, voter | 10/7/11 5:55 pm |
| Assault on voters | Stephanie Mercier | 10/7/11 5:55 pm |
| VA Board of Elections Should Not Enact Excessively Restrictive Voting Rules | Jon Manger | 10/7/11 5:53 pm |
| Illegible Signature(s) on Absentee Ballots | Jay Rose | 10/7/11 5:52 pm |
| Absentee ballots | Carol Weber, private citizen | 10/7/11 5:50 pm |
| Democracy under foot | John Marshell | 10/7/11 5:48 pm |
| Trying to keep voters from voting is WRONG. | Evelyn Glasscock | 10/7/11 5:47 pm |
| It's a right and responsibility to vote - don't make it harder | Sheila M. Cornish | 10/7/11 5:46 pm |
| Absentee Ballot | Reed Gray | 10/7/11 5:46 pm |
| More Regulations on Voting | Donny L Marshall, American Citizen | 10/7/11 5:45 pm |
| Material omissions from absentee ballots | Thomas House, Jr. | 10/7/11 5:44 pm |
| absentee ballots/signature | Miriam Thompson | 10/7/11 5:44 pm |
| Poor penmanship--are you kidding? | Margaret Bowman | 10/7/11 5:40 pm |
| revised absentee ballot rules | Michael Gilham | 10/7/11 5:39 pm |
| Win or loose keep it fair | cvs | 10/7/11 5:39 pm |
| Absentee votes | Laurel Aparicio | 10/7/11 5:37 pm |
| Everyone's vote should be counted! | Hilary Bryon | 10/7/11 5:35 pm |
| absentee vote disqualification Opposed | Barbara Carley | 10/7/11 5:33 pm |
| Don't add more disqualifiers to absentee balloting | Becky Carroll | 10/7/11 5:33 pm |
| I vote! | Beth Sherk, citizen | 10/7/11 5:33 pm |
| Every Citizen's Right to Vote | Linda Deemer- U.S.citizen | 10/7/11 5:31 pm |
| Count the Votes!!!!! ALL of Them!!!! | Barbara Firehock | 10/7/11 5:30 pm |
| Absentee action | Adrian Havill | 10/7/11 5:30 pm |
| Material omissions from absentee ballots. | Samantha Right | 10/7/11 5:28 pm |
| Don't arbitrarily block ballots | Ralph Grove | 10/7/11 5:27 pm |
| Are we judging eligibility to vote or penmanship? | Patricia Ann Liske | 10/7/11 5:27 pm |
| Let's make it easier to vote, not harder | Sharon H | 10/7/11 5:26 pm |
| Disqualifying absentee ballots for handwriting, etc. | Franz L. Canon -- retired | 10/7/11 5:24 pm |
| Out With the Lot! | Tom V | 10/7/11 5:23 pm |
| Really? | Karen Holman | 10/7/11 5:21 pm |
| I am concerned that the General Assembly is tampering with Absentee ballots | Fred Chatelain | 10/7/11 5:21 pm |
| my vote should count | melinda b. block | 10/7/11 5:21 pm |
| New Voting Regulations | Shirley Hayes | 10/7/11 5:21 pm |
| Voter Rights | John Goulait | 10/7/11 5:16 pm |
| Governor Regression | Barbara Peacock-Citizen | 10/7/11 5:14 pm |
| Abentee Voter restrictions | Beryl Solla, Citizen | 10/7/11 5:14 pm |
| Don't change the rules unfairly | Nicholas Evans | 10/7/11 5:14 pm |
| Signature Disqualification of Absentee Ballot | David L. Netherton, Voter | 10/7/11 5:14 pm |
| Make it easier - not harder | Toni and Edwin Hustead | 10/7/11 5:13 pm |
| Voter | C. Niel Manson | 10/7/11 5:13 pm |
| absentee ballots & handwriting | Margaret Breslau | 10/7/11 5:11 pm |
| Elections -- Voting requirements becoming more stringent | Linda Farrell Small | 10/7/11 5:10 pm |
| Absentee ballots | Beryl Maloney-Lillaston | 10/7/11 5:10 pm |
| Absentee Ballots | Annalee Gregory | 10/7/11 5:09 pm |
| Every vote should count | Nancy Striniste | 10/7/11 5:08 pm |
| In Defense of Absentee Voting sans Government Interference | Larry W. Bryant | 10/7/11 5:07 pm |
| Just say NO to voter suppression! | Donna A. Will | 10/7/11 5:06 pm |
| The Greatest Right is the Right to Vote | Cecilia Op de Beke | 10/7/11 5:05 pm |
| Don't Suppress My Vote | Julia Nims | 10/7/11 5:05 pm |
| Change in Absentee Ballot Regulations | M. E. DiVincenzo | 10/7/11 5:05 pm |
| Absentee ballot regulations | M Fuller | 10/7/11 5:05 pm |
| Changes in Virginia's Absentee Voting Standards | Sherri Neil | 10/7/11 5:04 pm |
| Voting Regulation Changes | Frank Goyette, Retired | 10/7/11 5:04 pm |
| Absentee ballots should stay as they are | Karen M Lockwood | 10/7/11 5:04 pm |
| Restricting the vote | Judith Musa | 10/7/11 5:01 pm |
| Voter Suppression | Nancy Whiting | 10/7/11 5:00 pm |
| Voter Rights | Arthur Roach | 10/7/11 5:00 pm |
| Voting Regulations | John Cznadel | 10/7/11 4:59 pm |
| Disqualifying Ballots | Timothy Good, Citizen of the Commonwealth | 10/7/11 4:59 pm |
| Absentee Voting Material Omissions | Margaret Carpenter | 10/7/11 4:58 pm |
| Proposed Absentee Ballot Regulations | Mary Nafpaktitis | 10/7/11 4:57 pm |
| Voter Registration and Absentee Voting | Wilfred Smith | 10/7/11 4:56 pm |
| Absentee Voting | Mary Vermeulen, voter | 10/7/11 4:56 pm |
| Sloppy penmanship rejection | Leslie Little | 10/7/11 4:56 pm |
| Protect voting rights | Serelda Elliot | 10/7/11 4:55 pm |
| Proposed New Policy For Absentee Ballots | Patricia Norman | 10/7/11 4:54 pm |
| Do not further erode our voting rights | Ruth Cookson, voter, Norfolk Virginia | 10/7/11 4:53 pm |
| Stop subverting the right to vote in the Commonwealth | Jacqueline Nantier-Hopewell | 10/7/11 4:52 pm |
| Voter intent | jim berry | 10/7/11 4:52 pm |
| New Absentee Voting Regulations | Bj | 10/7/11 4:51 pm |
| Absentee ballot requirements | Barbara B. van Voorst | 10/7/11 4:51 pm |
| Absantee voting. | Mary v jones | 10/7/11 4:51 pm |
| Attempts to restrict voting rights | Marvin Wingfield, Lynchburg, Va. | 10/7/11 4:50 pm |
| Voter Suppression Alive in VA? | Robert Mott | 10/7/11 4:50 pm |
| Voting blockades | rhonda holland | 10/7/11 4:48 pm |
| Material omissions from absentee ballots. | Carrie Bialous-Private Citizen | 10/7/11 4:47 pm |
| Make It Easy | Joseph Harmon | 10/7/11 4:47 pm |
| Absentee Ballots | Sharon Canner | 10/7/11 4:47 pm |
| make voting easier - not harder | Anne Little | 10/7/11 4:46 pm |
| absenteed ballots | Virginia Diezel | 10/7/11 4:46 pm |
| Any legible hand-writing should be counted. | J.M. Scott | 10/7/11 4:44 pm |
| Freedom | Kevin English, citizen | 10/7/11 4:44 pm |
| Absentee Ballots | June Marquis | 10/7/11 4:44 pm |
| Fair democracy | Alicia Korten | 10/7/11 4:43 pm |
| One person, one vote | Peggy Suntum | 10/7/11 4:41 pm |
| Towards simple, hassle-free absentee voting for all | Andrew Medley | 10/7/11 4:41 pm |
| Voter Rights | Claire ODea | 10/7/11 4:41 pm |
| martinr3@verizon.net | MARTIN ROBERTSON | 10/7/11 4:41 pm |
| Regulations on Absentee Ballots | Debra Jacobson, Private Citizen | 10/7/11 4:41 pm |
| In support of improving access to the vote | Jean Lowe, retired | 10/7/11 4:41 pm |
| Absentee voting | S. Akrie | 10/7/11 4:40 pm |
| Restricting citizens right to vote | Jerry T. Jennings | 10/7/11 4:40 pm |
| restricting voting rights | Anne Smyers | 10/7/11 4:40 pm |
| State Board of Elections - voting changes | George Omwango | 10/7/11 4:40 pm |
| Please do not play politics with voting rights! | Stuart Holme | 10/7/11 4:38 pm |
| Absentee Ballot Changes | Judith MacPherson | 10/7/11 4:38 pm |
| Governor's attempt to make absentee voting more difficult | Barbara Schelstrate, voter | 10/7/11 4:37 pm |
| Variations in Envelopes | Clifford Garstang, Chief Election Officer, CAP, Augusta Cty. | 10/7/11 4:37 pm |
| Absentee ballot rules | Jonathan Sheiner | 10/7/11 4:36 pm |
| Comment for myself & my 84 yr. old mother | Harold R Newman | 10/7/11 4:35 pm |
| Remnants of the Past | Sandra M. Corder | 10/7/11 4:34 pm |
| raulin50@aol.com | Raulin Angulo | 10/7/11 4:34 pm |
| Fair evaluation of Absentee Ballots | John M. Hatfield | 10/7/11 4:33 pm |
| Don't shut us out | Sandi Wurtz | 10/7/11 4:33 pm |
| Voting Rights | mary campbell, voter | 10/7/11 4:32 pm |
| Let's use common sense here. | Bill Camp, Citizen | 10/7/11 4:32 pm |
| Absentee ballots | kael svoboda | 10/7/11 4:32 pm |
| voting rights | Lorraine Ortega | 10/7/11 4:31 pm |
| Do not tighten absentee voting laws that make it more restrictive to count a voters ballot. | James B. Thorsen | 10/7/11 4:31 pm |
| Virginian-Pilot comment on signature absentee ballots | Beverley Parker | 10/7/11 4:31 pm |
| Restrictions On Absentee Ballots | William A. Garland | 10/7/11 4:29 pm |
| Proposed changes to voting regulations | Patricia Wilson | 10/7/11 4:29 pm |
| I hope we're not going backwards | D Mitchell | 10/7/11 4:28 pm |
| Absentee ballot | Joe Schneider | 10/7/11 4:27 pm |
| Material Omissions Absentee Ballots | Carmela Jones | 10/7/11 4:27 pm |
| In support of Margaret Luca's comment | Rebecca Tushnet | 10/7/11 4:25 pm |
| Absentee voting | Selma Miller | 10/7/11 4:20 pm |
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