I am opposed to any all bill that make it easier to cheat in elections like these bills being presented. I am opposed to any and all bills that make same sex marriage acceptable. I am opposed to any and all bills that allow full term abortion and allow minors to have abortions with out the parents knowledge. I am opposed to any and all bills that would allow minors to undergo transgender surgery . I am opposed to any and all bills that will raise taxes while the politicians are trying to give themselves a 150% increase no that is not acceptable.

I serve as campaign treasurer for several of your colleagues in the general assembly along with many of our local candidates in Fairfax. I’m grateful for this body’s work in recent years improving the integrity and transparency of campaign finance in Virginia, through the prohibition on personal spending and through the new finance report review requirements, which I’m sure some of your treasurers are working through right now. I’m writing today in support and gratitude for Delegate Seibold’s bill HB1348. Simply removing one sentence from current campaign finance law should ease an unnecessary burden on treasurers and campaigns, while not dramatically impacting transparency. The Large Pre-Election Contribution reporting requirement is one that keeps volunteers like me up at night. While managing a busy work schedule, responsibilities in other volunteer capacities, and the challenges of daily life, I and other treasurers spend the final 12 days before Election Day in daily communication with campaigns and monitoring contribution platforms and bank accounts to ensure that we identify and report all large contributions received by the end of the next day. When I receive that mid-Friday fundraising email, you can bet I’m logging in on Saturday morning to see what contributions came in. I like the transparency this reporting requirement provides. Filling in the gap between the most recent finance report period and Election Day, without requiring a full daily report, the Large Pre-Election Contribution report provides useful information to campaigns and the public about who is financing their candidates; and while the “next day” reporting deadline can be challenging, I believe it strikes a fair balance. However, there is currently an additional burden on the day before Election Day, requiring that any large contributions received on that day be reported on the same day. While I understand the logic of that requirement, it places a substantial burden on campaigns and treasurers and sets them up for failure. Some contribution platforms only provide notifications in daily batches the following morning; some donors’ notifications come late or hit a spam filter; and some campaigns may receive a large contribution late that night; (and sometimes your reliable volunteer treasurer just isn’t available late that night). Removing this requirement would not eliminate transparency as the large contribution report would still be required by the next day, Election Day, but it would offer relief for campaigns struggling with the “same day” deadline while continuing to provide the public with accurate, reliable reporting. Thank you, Delegate Seibold for introducing this legislation, and thank you all for everything you do to make Virginia a great place to call home.