I oppose SB760. Please vote "No" on SB760. We do not need to allow extra time for absentee ballots and "certain other information" to be received and counted towards election results. - Our elections in VA are already very flexible. We offer 45 days of early voting. We offer various ways to vote, from in person to absentee. Virginia laws are also very flexible when it comes to providing voter identification if you decide to vote in-person. We do need to extend the the deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information; 5:00 p.m. on the third day after an election. - If passed, this bill is only going to drag out the tabulation of election results even longer. It will waste time and taxpayer's money. It will also open the door to creating more doubt towards the legitimacy of election results. As more time is provided to collect and count votes, the public's trust in election results will dwindle. Tabulating election results used to take one evening and the general public's confidence in those results was high. Now we offer much longer periods of time to vote and various methods to vote via, and confidence in election results has dropped dramatically. The longer you allow people to vote for and the more methods you allow them to vote with, the more sources of potential error you are creating. - I remember a time when we had "election day" and not "election season". I also remember when absentee ballot usage and counting was more strict. I served overseas in the US military in the 2010s. The only way I could vote in elections was via an absentee ballot. That was back when absentee ballots had to be requested and reasoning provided for the request. It wasn't a difficult process to go through, but it did require some effort on the voter's behalf . Nothing was automatic like it is today in regards to distribution of absentee ballots. However, back in the 2010s there was a lot more confidence in the results of elections. - I see another public comment for this bill about how the USPS is to blame for the need to extend the deadline to receive absentee/mail in ballots. I find that reasoning flawed and nonsensical. Absentee ballots are meant to provide a way for people to vote who normally wouldn't be able to vote on election day due to extenuating circumstances. If you know you are likely not going to be able to vote on election day and you must use an absentee ballot -- I believe it is very reasonable to expect you to request, fill out an absentee ballot, and then mail it in time for receipt well before the current deadline. There's no need to blame the USPS on a voter's inability to plan ahead appropriately. The vast majority of voters who use absentee ballots know well before election day that their schedule will require them to vote absentee instead of in-person. - Once again, Virginia offers 45 days of early voting and has made it easier than ever to request and use absentee/mail-in ballots. There is absolutely no need to extend any sort of deadline for receipt of mailed-in ballots. This bill will provide very little benefit to very few voters and will only serve to further decrease the confidence we have in our elections. - I am frustrated by the short-sightedness of this bill and disappointed in the continued lack of confidence our elected officials display in regards to the maturity level and planning abilities of Virginia voters.

SB 760 - The League of Women Voters supports SB760. As we all know, the US Postal Service is not as reliable as it was in the past, particularly for deliveries in the morning hours. This simple adjustment to require delivery of the ballots to the local elections offices, from noon to 5 p.m. on the Friday after the election, will help ensure that voters’ ballots will be counted. SB 813 - By allowing a local jurisdiction to adopt an ordinance to convert one or more at-large seats of such body to single-member districts, this bill would provide the much-needed clarity to localities that are subject to court ordered establishment of single member districts. SB 1009 - The League of Women Voters of Virginia supports SB1009, which includes the expansion of ranked choice voting to any race for a local office. We believe that ranked choice voting, or RCV, would make our elections more accessible, would promote nominees with broad support, and would ensure that every voter’s voice is heard, particularly with the specific rules provided in this bill for conducting such elections. SB1174 - The League supports SB 1174, relating to referendum elections, for the same reasons that we support a prohibited zone for all election activities outside a polling location. Voters deserve this protection for all types of elections.