It would not be advisable to allow other jurisdictions to issue any identification to a voter of different jurisdiction.  Other jurisdictions would not have the controlling original voter registration documents available to them for resolving any outstanding voter registration issue that might be in existence.

A change of this nature would only exacerbate the current problem of out of jurisdiction voters attempting to seek services from a neighboring county/city with a lesser population demand, or more convenient access, or that offers fulltime 5 days a week service.  The current accepted and operating principle for voter registration is that each jurisdiction is responsible for its own voters, starting with processing of the voter registration application to the issuance of voter identification.  The process creates a single line of accountability; the same cannot be said of a process with multiple jurisdictions involved at any stage of this process.

From an efficiency standpoint, it would also be beneficial to allow voters to request a replacement Virginia Voter Photo ID by phone, fax, e-mail or other approved means provided the voter has previously been issued a compliant Virginia Voter Photo ID by the Registrar and there is no change required to the voter’s record.  The photo ID would be mailed to the mailing address appearing in the voter’s registration record currently on file.