Why on earth should the voter purge be done now, right before an election? That’s something that is done as part of clean up after an election. Well, Rachel explained why.
Attorney General Cuccinelli needs to recuse himself on this one. I see a clear conflict of interest since he is one who would stand to gain from any improper purging.
This race will be close. The most dangerous thing either side could do is rest on the complacency of poll results. Every vote will count.
He’s a believer in the divine right of kings, I guess.
This is an example of why AGs running for Governor in Virginia have traditionally resigned the office once they announce their candidacy. There may be an objective legal defense of the voter cull (apparently the defense offered convinced a US District Judge), but an AG who is running for office leaves him/her self open to this kind of questioning about motives. It was highly unusual for this AG to stay in the office while running for Governor. Not a good decision.
It is in everybody’s best interest to ensure one-person, one-vote (unless you are Patrick Moran). If I am not mistaken, no adult who shows up to vote is denied a ballot. A person who may not be qualified to vote can cast a provisional ballot, which is kept separate until verified for legitimacy. This improves confidence that procedures are in place to prevent illegitimate votes from changing the results of a close election.
Except purging all those names off the voter registration right before an election doesn’t ensure anything other than some people might be disenfranchised.
The issue is also that because this issue came before Cuccinelli he becomes judge, jury and executioner of the matter. He is the one who stands to gain from his ruling. He should have resigned if he was running for governor. Not doing so is unprecedented.
Frankly, I think that the Republicans have gone overboard, especially in NC with all the new voter rules. I am all for having to show ID. But some of the rules are absurd.
I also think it should be much easier to vote absentee. I don’t like people bellowing out my personal information so I prefer to vote absentee. If you vote by mail, it couldn’t be any bigger pain in the neck.
No one disagrees purging rolls is a bad idea. No one disagrees with one person one vote. Right before an election and overseen by a candidate is a really bad idea regardless of the validity of the process. This should make his overall judgement questionable.
…..purging rolls is a GOOD idea.
Yes it is. I would think the state would have a better way to do it for dead people. People who move should be notified by the receiving state. That, however, would require cooperation.
@Moon-howler
Please tell me how anyone is disenfranchised given that a person can cast a provisional ballot if purged from the voter registry.
I am not sure a provisional ballot can still be cast. Something was changed last year.
You are disenfranchised if you have to go to too much BS just to vote. Why should anyone be purged right before an election? That should have been done a year ago and those names purged should have been notified unless there was a clear deceased marked next to them. I used to be more tolerant of tightening up the voting environment until I saw the reindeer games being played in other states, in particular NC. That is obvious as a train wreck what the not-so-subtle goal is.
Making it harder to vote is never a good idea.
In Virginia, if you can’t gerrymander the democrats out, then let’s take a few off the voting records. Ooops…sorry about that.
I just checked my records to make sure I am eligible to vote. They cannot find my records.
https://www.vote.virginia.gov/search
Well, well, well…..What should I assume here?> I always vote in general elections. I don’t think I have ever missed one. I don’t ALWAYS vote in primaries but most of the time I do.
@Kelly_3406
That would hinge on a person knowing that he can request a provisional ballot or an election officer volunteering that information.
@Moon-howler
Found mine. Doesn’t show me voting in 2010 for the Congressional elections.
Doesn’t show me voting in 2010 or 2009. The years I voted for Republicans?
Perhaps voter registration was kind and wiped that blot of shame off your record. Just kidding Just kidding….
The plot thickens in my case. I had to fill out another application to vote absentee. I got the ballot and voted. It was mailed today. I meanwhile checked my voter records. It says I voted on October 16, 2013. I most certainly did not. I did not even have a ballot on that date.
There is some real monkey business going on. the only thing I can think of is a friend sent me Rich Anderson’s email about applying online to vote absentee. I didn’t ever finish the application…but I did start it. Perhaps that counted as a vote? I got that email on Oct. 15. Not sure if I tried it that day or the next day. But I did not vote except once on the ballot I just mailed in at the post office today.
I have a call in to the registrar. I don’t think my vote will count this year because of all of this crap. If it does not, I will contact DOJ in a New York minute because I am tired of reading about people getting cheated out of their vote.
You live in Nottingham. Off the grid?
You inspired me to look up my record. It (correctly) shows me voting in all Republican Primaries and general elections back to 2008. Nothing before that. Maybe they only keep the data for five years.
Mine only goes back that far also. I am very concerned that the voting website set up by the Republicans jury rigged my none vote and that my mail in ballot will not be counted. I guess it will be recorded that I voted. I just don’t know when the ballots are counted. Are the mail in ballots counted when received or after the election?
When you can’t win elections based on your policy ideas you resort to trying to restrict voting and voters, as the GOP is doing in numerous states. Reducing voting hours, eliminating early voting, “enhanced” I.D. requirements to battle non-existent fraud, purging voter rolls, posting signs to scare folks from voting, restricting student voting- all attempts to avoid the inevitable. When the angry white males in the south and west are gone, the GOP as it exists today will be done. The tea party is hastening the decline.
I actually think this is a shame, since I feel that true conservatives provide a needed counterforce to bleeding-heart liberals, but the GOP is digging it’s own grave, and they can’t seem to stop.
Totally agree middleman.
I really want true conservatives around for the same reason you do.