Fair Elections Center SUPPORTS extending the 90-day quiet period from federal elections to state elections as reflected in SB 52, because it prevents last minute mistakes and administrative errors from harming the voting rights of eligible people to vote in Virginia elections. These rules currently exist in federal law and already apply to federal elections in Virginia. These same principles of protecting eligible voters from last minute mistakes also apply in state elections.

SB52 - Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records. Patron: Rouse 2 The League supports the bill and thanks Chairman Rouse for bringing this important legislation. SB 52 provides for a 90-day quiet period before Virginia elections, when the state cannot conduct systematic voter purges. It parallels the federal law requiring a 90-day quiet period leading up to federal elections. It also protects voters by extending the time for our registrars to cancel the registration of voters deemed to be ineligible to vote and by allowing voters 28 days to respond to a notice of cancellation, which is double the amount of time they now have. Considering the unreliability of mail delivery, that is an important improvement to Virginia’s voter registration rules.