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Jury Duty surveys provide useful self-reported information related to the status of individuals living in Virginia who may be disqualified to vote in the Commonwealth. Virginia Law mandates that the Department of Elections is responsible for the central record keeping of all registered voters in the Commonwealth. Virginia Code §24.2-404 (A) requires this list to be accurate. To assist in this effort, Virginia law §24.2 – 404(B)(9) directs that ELECT shall “Use any source of information that may assist in carrying out the purpose of this section (list maintenance). All agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Department in procuring and exchanging identification information for the purpose of maintaining the voter registration system.” In 2012, the Supreme Court decision in Arizona v. Inter Tribal supports this policy by its finding that nothing precludes States from conducting list maintenance based on information in their possession establishing ineligibility. A 2019 report by the General Accounting Office report found that undeliverable notices from jury duty surveys can help election officials to identify registrants who have potentially moved or are noncitizens. In March of 2020, the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) recommended using reports of returned jury notices as a best practice for list maintenance. Due to Federal and State restrictions on requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship, Virginia currently has few effective routine list maintenance procedures to address the identification non-citizens and other registered voters who have had a change in status between routine list maintenance tasks. Virginia should join the other five states including DC who routinely utilize this resource for list maintenance purposes. I urge the State Board of Elections to approve this list maintenance policy.
To me this seems like common sense. There really shouldn’t be any discussion against this. Please approve.
Sincerely,
George
Easy to do and great verification for our voting lists.
I wholeheartedly support this initiative to ensure our election process is strictly for US citizens. Request immediate adoption by the Board.
It seems clear to me that since "persons not qualified to serve as jurors as a result of (i) not being a citizen of the United States, (ii) no longer being a resident of the Commonwealth, (iii) being a resident of another county or city in the Commonwealth..." is practically identical to existing Virginia Elections regulations on why a prospective voter shouldn't be allowed to cast a vote, this petition is quite valid and worthy of implementation as another tool to ensure fair and accurate elections in Virginia.
Please approve it
I fully support this. Please pass it.
I completely support this initiative. It just makes sense!
Please support this Petition to keep the registered voter list valid by including the specified details described in the petition - Virginia Code §24.2-404 requires this list to be accurate.
I am in favor of the proposal
I wholeheartedly support this proposal.
One of the most basic ways to ensure election integrity is proper, diligent and vigilant list maintenance. Cross referencing jury lists with voter rolls is brilliant! Cross referencing on a regular basis will allow the Registrar to participate in genuine front line protection of the citizen's vote. This is a petition worthy of action. Make this election law today!
This is such a simple way to further maintain our voter rolls. It assists ELECT by enabling our LOCAL registrars to directly reach out to the constituent who has been excluded from jury duty to validate whether they ARE or ARE NOT eligible to vote. It would not automatically exclude anyone from voting (IE out of state students or recent naturalized citizens) because the registrars will reach out to the constituent for further clarification of their status, just as the registrar would for any voter roll clean up process.
Freeing Clerks of the Court to share the names of people not qualified for jury duty with their local General Registrar is the most common sense suggestion I've seen in a long time.
I support this and hope you will Approve this petition.
I am asking you to support a policy that allows Jury Commissioners to provide reports to local registrars of jury duty surveys that are returned indicating that the person has provided information that would make them ineligible to vote. We need to clean up our election roll books and ensure we have secure and honest elections. This would be another step to help achieve this goal.
Indeed, Jury Duty surveys garner and provide pertinent self-reported information related to the status of individuals living in Virginia who may be disqualified to vote in the Commonwealth. Virginia law does mandate that the Virginia Department of Elections is responsible for the central record keeping of all registered voters in the Commonwealth. Virginia Code §24.2-404(A) requires this list to be accurate. To assist in this effort, Virginia law §24.2-404(B)(9) directs that ELECT shall "Use any source of information that may assist in carrying out the purpose of this section (list maintenance). All agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Department in procuring and exchanging identification information for the purpose of maintaining the voter registration system." In 2012, the Supreme Court decision in Arizona v. Inter Tribal supports this policy by its finding that nothing precludes States from conducting list maintenance based on information in their possession establishing ineligibility. A 2019 report by the General Accounting Office found that undeliverable notices from jury duty surveys can help election officials to identify registrants who have potentially moved or are noncitizens. In March of 2020, the US Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) recommended using reports of returned jury notices as a best practice for list maintenance. Due to Federal and State restrictions on requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship, Virginia currently has few effective routine list maintenance procedures to address the identification of non-citizens and registered voters who have had a change in status between routine list maintenance tasks. Virginia should join the other five states and D.C. who routinely utilize this Jury Duty resource for list maintenance purposes. I urge the State Board of Elections to approve this list maintenance policy as it exemplifies common sense, due diligence, and statutory compliance.
I strongly support this measure and hope that Virginia’s elected officials will do the same, regardless of party affiliation.
I absolutely support this topic!
I strongly support this petition.
I support this petition
Thank you for your consideration.
All agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Department in procuring and exchanging identification information for the purpose of maintaining the voter registration system.” In 2012, the Supreme Court decision in Arizona v. Inter Tribal supports this policy by its finding that nothing precludes States from conducting list maintenance based on information in their possession establishing ineligibility. A 2019 report by the General Accounting Office report found that undeliverable notices from jury duty surveys can help election officials to identify registrants who have potentially moved or are noncitizens. In March of 2020, the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) recommended using reports of returned jury notices as a best practice for list maintenance. Due to Federal and State restrictions on requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship, Virginia currently has few effective routine list maintenance procedures to address the identification non-citizens and other registered voters who have had a change in status between routine list maintenance tasks. Virginia should join the other five states including DC who routinely utilize this resource for list maintenance purposes. I urge the State Board of Elections to approve this list maintenance policy.
please help clean the voter rolls
I support this petition
Please approve this petition for rulemaking!
Please support
I support this petition.
But do our officials even care what the public wants?....
Please modify this rule so unqualified voters and non-citizens are not selected for jury duty. Thanks you.
One of the problems we are constantly wrestling with is determining who is truly and legally eligible to vote in our elections and who is not. This seems to be a never ending debate among the various sides of any political spectrum. Having an accurate and complete list of eligible, legal voters is therefore imperative. This simple proposal can and will improve the process of list maintenance. I very strongly recommend its approval and enactment at the earliest possible time.
Yes. I strongly support this initiative. It makes good sense.
This is necessary to identify non-qualified individuals attempting to vote.
Sounds like a great plan to enforce laws on the books already. Now to get rid of dead voters.
I request that you support this petition. It is proper. it is needed and it is a accountable action.
I support this petition to improve voting integrity in Virginia.
I strongly support this rule.
I agree and support the petition
id voters no longer qualified to vote
I support this petition to use returned jury duty notice letters to identify possible non-citizen or no longer resident individuals from Virginia’s voter rolls.
It seems obvious to use undeliverable jury duty notices to clean up voter rolls. If there is some compelling reason not to, I have not heard it.
Kate Taylor
I totally agree. Persons ineligible to vote and non-citizens should be removed from the voter rolls.
Virginia State Election Office should make available to local Registrars' offices all information which should be used to update voter rolls. The Virginia Stat Election Office should also audit the local Registrars' offices to check for compliance with local office obligation to update voter rolls within the 30? day update rule.
I strongly support this petition to allow jury commissioners to provide information from undeliverable juror mailings or juror questionnaires, to clerks or other officials, for the latter to provide to general registrars for list maintenance. The State Board of Elections needs to approve this petition and incorporate it into policy at the meeting following the petition's closing deadline. This is not a partisan issue - everyone benefits from better voter list maintenance and registrars have requested this information to improve their ability to clean the voter rolls. Now that Virginia is taking responsibility for its own voter list maintenance, after leaving the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), the SBE and ELECT should take the opportunity this petition offers, to improve voter list maintenance. This is a win-win non-partisan issue that improves transparency, cuts through red tape to improve data-sharing, and empowers registrars to do their jobs.
We need to the election registrar to use all available data and not limit itself to just the good will of the average citizen to properly report their addresses to the government. There are more safety measures in banking.
