There is no question that the proposed regulation will help overseas voters who are not already registered.  However, it provides a benefit to overseas applicants that is prohibited under Virginia Law for domestic applicants.  In this decade, a general registrar has been terminated for accepting voter applications via fascimile. 

Adoption of this policy creates a separate and special class of unregistered citizens who have a benefit not given to ALL unregistered citizens.  What does this do to the concept of uniformity?  How does this reconcile with the concept of "equal protection under the law"?  Can SBE actually change law or create new law? 

I would suggest changing this from a policy to a resolution encouraging the general assembly to make appropriate law changes in a uniform manner to achieve the goal desired.