Tell Governor Bob McDonnell and Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling to protect your vote!

.@GovernorVA @LGBillBolling We refuse to turn the clock back on Voting Rights in VA #VAisforVoters via @SenMarkHerring

.@GovernorVA @LGBillBolling In America, don't we want MORE people to vote, not FEWER? #VAisforVoters via @lowkell @bluevirginia

.@GovernorVA @LGBillBolling If you are forced to use a provisional ballot, there is no guarantee your vote will be counted #VAisforVoters

.@GovernorVA @LGBillBolling Don't stop 1 in 5 seniors from voting. Voter suppression is wrong for Virginia #VAisforVoters

.@GovernorVA @LGBillBolling Spending money we don't have to fix a problem that doesn't exist is wrong for VA #VAisforVoters

.@GovernorVA @LGBillBolling Voter fraud is a myth. Focus on VA's real problems: jobs, education, transportation #VAisforVoters

.@GovernorVA @LGBillBolling In 2010, 57% of provisional ballots weren't counted. Provisional ballots are not a solution #VAisforVoters

.@GovernorVA @LGBillBolling No ID is really "free". Returning to VA's poll tax history is the wrong path #VAisforVoters

 

Get the Facts

  • "In Virginia currently, if you don’t have an ID, you simply have to sign an affidavit, swearing — under legally-binding oath — that you are who you say you are and are registered to vote. We allow affidavits almost everywhere else, and they have legal effect. And supporters of the bill cannot point to any examples of voter fraud — or indeed any problems at all — in the current system in Virginia. The proposed new system would change all of this. If you are forced to use a provisional ballot, there is no guarantee that your vote will be counted... For an ordinary voter to be required to show up at the Registrar’s office the very next morning is burdensome, unrealistic, and, in many cases, discriminatory." (New Dominion Project)
  • A law requiring photo ID in order to vote would keep 1 in 5 seniors over 65 from being able to vote because 20% of them do not have drivers licenses and rely on other forms of identification. (AARP Virginia)
  • Spending money to enforce these voter suppression bills, at a time when Virginia's budget is facing serious cuts, is wrong especially when they are fixing a problem that doesn't exist. (Demos)
  • 11% of Americans don't have photo IDs to begin with. That equals over 600,000 Virginians who would be affected by these laws. (Demos)
  • In 2010, 57% of provisional ballots weren't counted. Provisional ballots are not a solution. (Demos)
  • No ID is really "free". Returning to VA's poll tax history is the wrong path. (Demos)
  • Virginia legislators pushing these bills cite the need to guard against voter fraud. Despite the constant drumbeat in the last several years causing an atmosphere of fear and acute awareness around this issue, numerous high level investigations have found there has been no evidence of anything but isolated instances of fraud. AARP Virginia opposes these bills that would burden the voting rights of older Virginians because they are “based on the unfounded assertion that voter fraud is a significant problem. There is currently no evidence that voter fraud is a problem in Virginia.” (Demos)

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