Action | Action Making an Illegible or Missing Postmark an Immaterial Omission on Absentee Ballot Envelopes |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 10/2/2020 |
At this point in time, there is no sound rationale to circumvent the law by extending the mail in period for election ballots in Virginia beyond the existing approved timeframe. There has been plenty of notice given to the citizenry of Virginia about the changes and special early voting sites have been set up to assist along with the existing legal verified early voting system for absentee ballots. This move is purely political in nature and does not benefit any honest citizen but rather furthers the attempts of criminals, political and other, who seek to corrupt the voting system for personal or party gain while using a manufactured extension of an illness to further ill conceived plans that will have a long term negative impact on the State of Virginia and its citizens. I would strongly encourage maintaining the systems as it is working now and not extending the number of days allowed for ballot collection. This is both short sighted and dangerous.