Repub Restrictive Voting Legislation

[WHITT]

Ya know how the Repubs keep claiming they're not enacting restrictive voting legislation, and the Dems are just overblowing the legislation they are enacting?

Restrictive voting legislation proposed by Virginia Repubs, just so far:

HB 34 – Eliminates drop-off locations for absentee ballots
HB 35 – Reinstates excuse requirement for absentee or voting by mail
HB 36 - Repeals automatic absentee voter list and regular sending of ballots to voters
HB 39 – Limits absentee voting to two weeks prior to the election
HB 54 – Absentee ballots must be sorted/reported by precinct, not CAP
HB 149 – Adds to witness requirement for absentee ballots, including address, SS number, date of birth
HB 175 – Removes permanent absentee voting list, makes an annual absentee voter list
HB 177 – Removes witness requirement, but replaces that with date of birth and SSN requirement
HB 178 – Limits absentee voting to two weeks prior to election (like HB 39)
HB 196 – Repeals permanent absentee voter list (like HB 36)
HB 198 – Requires registrar to send notice at end of calendar year to absentee voter list members
HB 310 – SSN requirement, repeals automatic absentee list, makes any ballot without a witness signature automatically void, ends prepaid postage on absentee ballots
HB 398 – Absentee ballots sorted and reported by precinct, not CAP (like HB 54)
HB 441 – Requires registrars to report the number and results of absentee ballots by precinct
HB 528 – Additional requirements for unsolicited absentee ballot applications
HB 779 – Photo ID required, absentee voting only one week prior to Election Day, no absentee list, no absentee ballots counted after polls close
HB 927 – Absentee ballots sorted by precinct with vote totals reflective (like HB 54, 398, 441)
HB 945 – Limits absentee voting to ten days preceding an election
HB 956 – Requires absentee ballot to be received before the end of Election Day to be counted
HB 1141 – Eliminates drop-off locations for absentee ballot
HB 76 – Reimburses cities and counties for costs of absentee ballot processing
HB 439 – Explanation of constitutional amendments included with absentee ballots
SB 3 – Absentee ballots sorted and reported by precinct, not CAP (like HB 53, 398, 441, 927)
SB 234 – Repeals permanent absentee voter list (like HB 36, HB 196)
SB 236 – Eliminates absentee ballot drop-off locations (like HB 34, HB 1141)
SB 306 – Requires registrars to report number and results of absentee ballots by precinct (like HB 53, 398, 441, 927, SB 3)
SB 460 – Requires absentee ballots to be returned before end of Election Day (like HB 956)
SB 552- Reinstates excuse requirement for absentee voting (like HB 35)
SB 273 – Makes witness signature requirement optional with SSN or Drivers License

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/politics/elections/virginia-republicans-file-20-bills-restrict-limit-absentee-voting/291-aeb866cd-09fb-4ed0-b2f0-5ad850d9b414

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Luckily, the Dems still control the Virginia Senate.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. The GOP is the party of voter suppression

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