If ever there were an election that proved the importance of accurate voter rolls, it was Virginia's on Nov. 7.
With control of the General Assembly hanging in the balance, at least three Democratic candidates demanded recounts of their Republican opponents' razor-thin victory margins. One candidate led by 106 votes, another by 86, and a third by only 10.
Another five races were decided by fewer than 900 votes. The Democrats need to flip only two more seats to take control of the lower chamber.
Every vote counts, and every name listed on a voter registration roll can be voted, legitimately or illegitimately.
People who oppose efforts to clean up voter rolls or to check voter IDs say it could discourage some people from voting. But in the rare instance in which someone is removed from the rolls who is eligible to vote, that person can still vote. He can fill out a provisional ballot and furnish proof of residency later. So there is no justification for inaccurate voter rolls.
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4 comments:
Why else do they not want to purge the voter rolls???? The only reason, so they can try to rig it.... Plain and simple!!!!
they check id's in Va.
How can cleaning up the voter rolls "discourage some people from voting"? The person either exists or doesn't, either lives in a voting district or doesn't, is eligible to vote or isn't.
9:39 AM _ I might be wrong but did I not see somewhere where the Illegals were given ID so they could work and also the Governor gave the rights back to some Felons and allows them to vote now?? If that be the case then it seems anybody can vote even if it is not legal because they have an ID.
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