The proposed changes:

A. Pursuant to the requirements of § 24.2-404 of the Code of Virginia, a voter who does not have an acceptable form of identification listed in § 24.2-643 of the Code of Virginia may obtain a voter photo identification card free of charge through any general registrar's office if:

This basically states that smaller localities have the potential of being forced to enter data for neighboring bigger localities without compensation simply for being more geographically accessible.

There needs to be a mechanism by which a smaller jurisdictions can be compensated either by the Commonwealth or by the locality where the voter resides in order to facilitate the increased work load of the smaller jurisdiction's limited staff and budget abilities. This is a boon for larger localities. Smaller localities will be paying more without a compensation mechanism in place.

I otherwise support this measure because it is beneficial to voters.