Posted on 04/18/2020 4:44:44 AM PDT by lowbridge
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Commonwealth of Virginia over a law that requires someone to sign the envelope of another person's absentee ballot if that ballot is submitted by mail.
Under Virginia law, any voter who submits an absentee ballot by mail must open the envelope containing the ballot in front of another person, fill out the ballot, and then have that other person sign the outside of the ballot envelope before it is mailed back.
"In the midst of the pandemic and during a stay-at-home mandate, the witness requirement amounts to an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote," the ACLU said.
The ACLU is asking the court to block the state from enforcing the witness requirement while COVID-19 emergency orders are in place and/or community transmission of COVID-19 is happening.
The lawsuit says the court should instruct election officials to count mailed-in absentee ballots even if they are missing a witness signature.
The ACLU said the witness requirement adversely affects elderly Virginians who live alone, Virginians who are disabled, or those who are African-American. The latter group is experiencing COVID-19 at disproportionate rates.
“Removing the witness requirement during the COVID-19 pandemic is a common-sense solution that protects people’s health and their right to vote during this crisis," said Davin Rosborough, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project. "No one should be forced to choose between staying safe and casting a ballot."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
The “burden” alleged by the ACLU is that a Democrat operative filling out a pile of mail-in ballots has to fake the names on the ballot two times, the voter and the witness.
This was likely coordinated with Northam. Watch for the State to enter into a consent decree rather than contest the case.
Riddle me this...
The Voter signs with their Right Hand.
The Witness signs with their Left Hand.
How many People are in the Room?
>>>So prove this you commie bastards. People of Virginia must throw these bums out<<<
Too late my FRiend.
Signed, a former resident of CA.
Governor Coonman Klan Robes Blackface will love this!
The ACLU staff lawyer (and lawsuit) is so much male bovine fecal effluvia.
I’m sure there are workarounds during COVID-19 that can be done without enabling massive fraud — as this would do.
Think how many ballots that get lost at the last minute.
The lockdown is over for all intents and purposes.
Everyone will be free to travel and help someone with a ballot.
Sorry, ACLU Monsters, you won’t be needed
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