Please vote NO on HB967. • The bill lowers minority language accessibility thresholds to 3% or 5,000, increasing costs and administrative burdens for localities. For localities with several minority language groups like Fairfax County, which already has to provide election materials in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Korean, this will possibly require the creation of duplicate ballots for each language group. Translation services are already available at all times in polling places for dozens of other languages, making this amendment unneeded, costly, and burdensome to voters and election officials alike with no benefit to either. • CHALLENGES TO LEGAL PRECEDENT: In a direct challenge to Petteway v. Galveston County, the proposed amendment 24.2-126.1(D) introduces the overriding category of “politically cohesive” combinations of protected classes, without defining how that “cohesive” condition is determined. • DON'T LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE PART 1:The proposed amendment 24.2-126.1(E) excludes any evidence that does not support the arguments of the plaintiffs, in an attempt to pre-determine any findings by a court: “Evidence concerning the cause of, or reason for, the occurrence of racially polarized voting is not relevant to the determination of whether it exists, and evidence that voting patterns and election outcomes could be explained by factors other than racially polarized voting shall not be considered.” • DON'T LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE PART 2:The proposed amendment 24.2-26.2, after listing a long list of possible factors affecting minority group voting, removes the need for evidence of any factors, in another attempt to pre-determine a court's decision: “No one factor is dispositive or necessary to establish that a violation of § 24.2-126 or 24.2-126.1 has occurred, nor shall any specified number or combination of factors be required to establish such a violation.” • DON'T LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE PART 3: In 24.2-126.2(B), again limiting what the court can consider, the court is instructed NOT to consider how many individuals are NOT affected by the violation; the availability of other ways to vote for all voters, including the minority groups; the prevalence of the practice in other states; and “the mere invocation of governmental interests in voter confidence or prevention of fraud.” Note that "mere" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that section. • PLAINTIFF'S LAWYERS PAY-DAY: 24.2-128.C and 24.2-129.c expand standing to bring a civil action in circuit court to an arguably unlimited set of plaintiffs including "any individual aggrieved by a violation of this chapter, any organization whose membership includes members of a protected class or individuals aggrieved by a violation of this chapter, any organization whose mission would be frustrated by a violation of this chapter, or any organization that would expend resources in order to fulfill its mission as a result of a violation of this chapter" • REDISTRICTING INSTABILITY: Proposed amendment “24.2-130.B creates endless conflict and instability in redistricting potentially affecting the entire state: "In an action related to a districting or redistricting plan, any individual with standing to challenge any single district in such plan shall be deemed to have standing to challenge the districting or redistricting plan as a whole.” Vote NO on HB967.

The Voting Rights Act of Virginia is a critical tool for protecting access to the ballot, and HB967 strengthens its ability to address modern forms of voter suppression and discrimination. Updating and clarifying these provisions helps ensure fair enforcement and meaningful protections for historically marginalized communities. The NAACP Virginia State Conference supports HB967 and urges the committee to advance this legislation.

HB 964: As the League of Women Voters of Virginia strongly supports the proposed constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to those who have completed their term of incarceration for a felony conviction, we also support this bill which provides the requisite changes to the state code to make this long overdue change a reality. We commend the patron for introducing this bill and urge you to vote to report. HB965: The League of Women Voters ardently supports Virginia’s membership in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. NPV is an endorsement of democracy that preserves the Electoral College yet guarantees the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Article II of the U.S. Constitution specifically mandates that state Electors shall be appointed in such a manner as the state’s legislature may direct. NPV ensures that every vote, in every state, will matter in every Presidential election. It should dissuade candidates from campaigning exclusively in swing states. It does not change in any way how voters cast their ballots nor the local and state processes of counting and certifying the votes. It does not change the schedule of deadlines for state certification on the first Monday in December. In mid-December the Electors complete the paperwork for their votes as is the current deadline. And of course, we should all know that the Electoral Vote count will be on January 6th as usual. So far, NPV has been enacted by18 jurisdictions possessing 209 electoral votes. States large and small have already signed on. With the addition of Virginia's 13 Electors, the total Elector votes committed to the compact will be 222, with only 48 more needed for enactment. We need to do this in this session. HB967: The League supports this bill, which provides important amendments to the Virginia Voting Rights Act. These changes expand the current law’s protections of minority voting rights in Virginia. Among additional significant rights and protections, bill grants judicial standing to certain organizations, allowing them to file in circuit courts to seek redress from violations of the Act. The League of Women Voters of Virginia, which has minority members and whose mission pertains to voting rights protection, would qualify as such an organization. We welcome the support this bill gives to the voting rights of eligible Virginians, we thank the patron, and we urge you to report. HB1131This bill would reverse an important current law rule that enhances voter participation. A photo ID rule existed in Virginia only between 2014 and 2020, or just six years in the Commonwealth’s long history. Voters have voted without incident both before and since that time. Many older voters and particularly those who do not drive lack a photo ID; and getting one, even a free one, would create a hurdle for these voters to overcome. This bill would particularly harm voters who have no need for a driver’s license and who work in jobs that do not allow for much time off during the working day. These voters would be unable to obtain an alternate ID. This is only one example of large number of citizens who would be disenfranchised by this bill. We urge you to vote no.

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.

Oppose Democrats and Socialists forcing gerrymandering in Virginia. We know that the left is trying to get power. We know the illegal aliens are one source for getting democratic votes. What happened to following the Rule of Law in America and following it without causing chaos, lockdowns, destruction, propaganda, riots, censoring, spying, fraudulent schemes, mail in ballots, and other forms of corruption?