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 Action Making an Illegible or Missing Postmark an Immaterial Omission on Absentee Ballot Envelopes
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 10/2/2020
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10/1/20  5:33 pm
Commenter: Donna Hogan

Keep the postmark requirement
 

If you, The Board of Elections, are worried at all about election integrity, why would you consider removing the requirement for ballots to be returned on time and to show a postmark?  You are opening at the door for fraud.  Our requirements and system of voting has worked for a very long time and your arbitrarily deciding that you want to change it is wrong.  I want the Board to hold a public hearing on this issue and I want the Board to preserve what's left of election integrity and require the absentee ballot return envelopes to be returned on time and with the proper postmark.

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