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 Material omissions from absentee ballots.
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 8/12/2011
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8/10/11  5:00 pm
Commenter: Theresa Wiser, Northampton County General Registrar

Material omissions from absentee ballots
 

I have two comments.

My first comment deals with the following wording:

"4. The voter did not provide his house number, street name or rural route address, city of residence, or zip code;"

What is the intent of #4? 

Is it to require voters to enter either house number with the street name (without the city or zip) or rural route address with the city or  just the zip code?      or 

Is it to require that voters, in all cases, must also provide either the city or zip code?

I feel this is not written clearly. 

24.2-706 states the following:  " house number, street name or rural route address, city, zip code."

 

Second Issue:

Many people use their middle name and the initial of their first name ( e. g. T. Boone Pickens).   if you are going to let  "Bob"  pass, I think that you should accommodate voters who do not use their first name.  Bob knows his legal name is not Bob. Unlike Bob, T. Boone really dislikes his first name and signs every legal document using his first initial.

Thanks for taking comments.

Theresa

 

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