Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Elections
 
Board
State Board of Elections
 
chapter
Voter Registration [1 VAC 20 ‑ 40]
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
Action 2015 Voter Registration Application Regulation and Form Update
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 8/3/2015
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8/3/15  7:27 pm
Commenter: Larry Bamford

What part of "shall require" doesn't the SBE understand?
 

What law authorizes the State Board of Elections to change the voter registration form to make US citizenship questions optional when both Article II, Section 2 of the Virginia Constitution AND Code of Virginia § 24.2-418 both state explicitly and clearly otherwise?  What makes the SBE think that this activity cannot be viewed as a premeditated violation of state law, i.e., a crime?  So then why have laws if nobody has to obey them?

I oppose these form changes as would any citizen who favors the rule of law.  THESE CHANGES SHOULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED and should never even have been proposed.  

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