Public Comments for: HB972 - Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures; required record matches.
I oppose HB972, particularly in respect to the incorporation of the provisions of HB966 regarding the SAVE act. It is vital for the Commonwealth to ensure that only eligible citizens are registered to vote, in conformance with Virginia law. We need the full capability of SAVE – including bulk uploads – to support the maintenance of clean voter lists in a practical manner.
On behalf of Fair Elections Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending, expanding and facilitating voting rights, we write in support of the updates to Virginia’s list maintenance process reflected in HB 111, HB 966, and HB 972, which will better protect eligible voters. Specifically, based on our extensive experience with voter list maintenance practices, these bills will make it less likely that administrative mistakes, errors, or unreliable data prevent eligible people from voting. Please see the attachment for further detail.
The League supports HB972, which is one of a constellation of bills designed to improve the accuracy of Virginia’s voter registration list. Along with numerous technical amendments, this bill would establish guardrails in terms of comprehensive list matching and cancellation records. The guardrails would protect qualified citizens from being stripped of their voting rights, while preventing confusion and errors in the list. The bill constrains use of the federal government’s deeply flawed and insecure SAVE Program, preventing bulk upload and denying reliance solely on a SAVE record that an individual is not a citizen, which could be wrong. A supporting DMV record within the past month is a basis for cancellation. The bill also codifies existing procedures to ensure the cybersecurity of Virginia’s voter registration system at the state and local level. Omitted from the bill are much-needed precautionary measures. For example, it does not prevent voter purges during the 90 days before state elections, which are required in federal elections, nor does it allow voters sufficient time to respond to notices of cancellation. However, other bills, mainly HB966 and HB215, include those provisions, so these bills complement one another. We ask that you report all three of them.
I oppose this bill. TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE IT RIGHT. How disrespectful Mrs. Louise Lucas cussing out others who disagree. She allowed destruction, looting, vandalism, and violence to happen. Today’s Democrats have lost their way especially during Biden’s tyrannical presidency.
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?
I oppose any legislation that would prohibit legal American citizens from having to vote in person. There should be one day to vote and no mail-in ballots except for military personnel overseas, travelers, and elderly. There must be legal voter identification requirements everywhere. This is Not discrimination! Masks, hijabs, and niqabs must be taken off. In the Middle East faces must be shown in banks , etc . Stop Gerrymandering that is not justice, equitable, and illegal. Dems need to stop the steal, fraud, and corruption because it is not “Democracy.”