by Roxanna Gray
Introduction
Your vote and the votes of thousands of other legitimate votes may be cancelled out by these ineligible voters. Maintaining an accurate registered voter list is essential to ensure our elections are safeguarded, fair, and legitimate. Documented evidence shows that the Department of Elections can legally cancel thousands of ineligible voter registrations before this November’s election. The Department of Elections appears unwilling to acknowledge the problem and take corrective action.
Virginia Citizen-Statemen Do Their Own Research
Virginia Analytics Associates shows that there are over one million ineligible Virginia registered voters in their June 20, 2024 article, A WHITE PAPER on Presidential Election in Virginia -Quantitative Evidence of Fraud (auditvirginia.org).
The law firm of Holtzman Vogel’s August 2023 pre-litigation notice to the Virginia Department of Elections states that 101 of the 133 counties and cities have more registered voters than adult citizens over the age of 18 or very high registration rates compared to the national average. See https://www.auditvirginia.org/prelitigation
EPEC, the Electoral Process Education Corporation identified potentially 80,000 voters who are registered in both Virginia and Florida using an exact match of Full Name+Gender+Full Date of Birth. Identification of 2,502 Potential Matches of Active Voter Registrations Between FL and VA Voter Registration Lists – Digital Poll Watchers (dot) Org
Follow the Law!
The Code of Virginia 24.2-427B requires that: The general registrar shall promptly cancel the registration of all persons for whom a notice has been received from the registration official of another jurisdiction, that the voter has moved from the Commonwealth, or who has registered to vote outside the Commonwealth, subsequent to his registration in Virginia. All 133 Virginia general registrars rely on the Department of Elections for information to maintain an accurate voter list. The Department of Elections is not providing the needed and timely information for the general registrars to maintain an accurate registered voter list.
The Code of Virginia 24.2-404.4 requires the Department to compare other states’ voter lists to identify duplicate registrations, voters who no longer reside in the Commonwealth, and other persons who are no longer entitled to be registered. The Department does not but should include in its annual report the number of duplicate registrations found.
Instead of removing ineligible voters who moved and registered out of state, the Department of Elections uses the National Change of Address (NCOA). This method dramatically delays removal of ineligible voters. Most voters identified by the NCOA process are placed on inactive status where they remain for two general federal elections before they are cancelled. A person on inactive status can still vote. If a person votes or updates their information they return to active status. Virginia has over 400,000 voters on inactive status. This number is expected to dramatically increase in the next two months due to the Department’s recent confirmation mailing.
The Department of Elections needs to compare the Virginia registered voter list with as many states as possible and remove those who registered in another state after leaving Virginia as allowed in the Code of Virginia 24.2-427 B. Virginia has agreements with Georgia, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia and the District of Columbia. The Department should obtain more agreements with other states; such as Florida, Texas, North Carolina, etc.
In October 2023, the Department of Elections started utilizing the surrender of license process in the Code of Virginia 24.2-427E and thereby removed over 5,000 ineligible voters. That’s a start, but the Department could have removed over 75,000 ineligible voters if the Department had the new out of state addresses. The Department has access to DMV data including license surrender data and now must reconcile the ENTIRE Virginia registered voter list with DMV information to remove hundreds of thousands of voter registrations for voters whose official residence is in another state.
Virginia, along with most other states is a member of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), Driver’s License Compact (DLC). Participating states receive information when a license holder from their state has moved to another state, established legal residency there, and obtained a new driver’s license. Registered voters under this process can be removed if a notice is sent to the new address reported from the DMV and the address registered in Virginia. The Department needs to get these new addresses and take the legally mandatory actions, so ineligible voter registrations can be cancelled.
What is Required?
The Department of Elections and general registrars are legally required to remove ineligible registered voters before this November’s election.
The Commissioner of Elections, Susan Beals, reports to the Secretary of Administration Lynn McDermid About the Secretary (virginia.gov). Where is the oversight from McDermid’s office over the Department of Election’s inadequate voter list maintenance?
There appears to be no audit process for either the Department of Elections or the 133 election offices in Virginia. Virginia audits their financial departments on a regular basis, but why not a critical operation, like the Department of Elections?
Please vote. Contact your elected officials and ask them to ensure that proper controls are in place to guarantee that Virginia’s elections are fair and legitimate. In politics, nothing moves unless it is nudged or pushed.
Take Action Now!
Please advocate for the removal of ineligible voters:
Glenn.youngkin@governor.virginia.gov, mailoag@oag.state.va.us, Administration@governor.virginia.gov, susan.beals@elections.virginia.gov, Twitter/X @GovernorVA with #VirginiaElectionIntegrity, and other officials.
Roxanna Gray
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