Rather disappointed that I signed up to speak and they completely did not allow any comments from the public.
SB196 (Oppose): The general public has a right and a duty under the constitution, and expressed in HAVA and NVRA, to be fully engaged in the elections process, and that includes their right to oversee, verify and validate voter rolls.
- Removes the ability for voters to address issues with their registrar. (They are forced to go through 3 person court challenge)
- Removes the ability to use public documents such as obituaries, etc.
- As VA also does not release information to the public that has unique identifying information about individuals on it, there is no method by which a member of the general public could have the necessary documentation to use to challenge a voter. This law effectively cuts the public out of the process to verify and validate voter rolls. This is a depravation of the public right under color of law.
- Is overly proscriptive as to how the courts (a seperate constitutional body) shall adjudicate any potential challenges.
SB577 (Oppose): Why do we need special treatments and carve outs for this? I do not see a justification for this set of exemptions.
SB606 (Oppose): While the concept of ERIC is not altogether objectionable, the ERIC organization has shown itself to repeatedly act in violation of its charter and in violation of VA disclosure laws.
(a) While VA was a member, ERIC routinely provided PII information on VA citizens that it received from the state Health, DMV, and ELECT offices to left wing organizations in violation of VA privacy laws and in violation of their charter and ethical responsibilities to not have political bias.
(b) ERIC was failing miserably to execute on its core mission: to find duplicate or errant records and help clean up state voter rolls. Instead ERIC focuses almost exclusively on identifying "Eligible but Unregistered" voters and aggressively pursuing them to register. Ask Susan Beales how many errant records were identified and removed via ERIC ... the answer is shocking small considering the money and support they are provided.
(c) Multiple member states (including VA) attempted to address and correct these issues, and were unable to do so. That formed the justification for Susan Beales decision to withdraw from ERIC.
Rather disappointed that I signed up to speak and they completely did not allow any comments from the public. SB196 (Oppose): The general public has a right and a duty under the constitution, and expressed in HAVA and NVRA, to be fully engaged in the elections process, and that includes their right to oversee, verify and validate voter rolls. - Removes the ability for voters to address issues with their registrar. (They are forced to go through 3 person court challenge) - Removes the ability to use public documents such as obituaries, etc. - As VA also does not release information to the public that has unique identifying information about individuals on it, there is no method by which a member of the general public could have the necessary documentation to use to challenge a voter. This law effectively cuts the public out of the process to verify and validate voter rolls. This is a depravation of the public right under color of law. - Is overly proscriptive as to how the courts (a seperate constitutional body) shall adjudicate any potential challenges. SB577 (Oppose): Why do we need special treatments and carve outs for this? I do not see a justification for this set of exemptions. SB606 (Oppose): While the concept of ERIC is not altogether objectionable, the ERIC organization has shown itself to repeatedly act in violation of its charter and in violation of VA disclosure laws. (a) While VA was a member, ERIC routinely provided PII information on VA citizens that it received from the state Health, DMV, and ELECT offices to left wing organizations in violation of VA privacy laws and in violation of their charter and ethical responsibilities to not have political bias. (b) ERIC was failing miserably to execute on its core mission: to find duplicate or errant records and help clean up state voter rolls. Instead ERIC focuses almost exclusively on identifying "Eligible but Unregistered" voters and aggressively pursuing them to register. Ask Susan Beales how many errant records were identified and removed via ERIC ... the answer is shocking small considering the money and support they are provided. (c) Multiple member states (including VA) attempted to address and correct these issues, and were unable to do so. That formed the justification for Susan Beales decision to withdraw from ERIC.