Action | Action Making an Illegible or Missing Postmark an Immaterial Omission on Absentee Ballot Envelopes |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 10/2/2020 |
Current Virginia statute was enacted to prevent Absentee Ballot voter fraud that would allow post-election "voting." Nothing in COVID-19 situation requires removing the safeguards that prevent votes from being cast after the election is over; contemplated change will make it impossible to stop illegal votes from altering election outcome.