Del. L. Scott Lingamfelter sent a letter to Governor Bob McDonnell today asking for him to direct the Board of Elections to send a reminder to registrars across the Commonwealth of Virginia to mail out absentee ballots in accordance to the new federal law. This law requires that absentee ballots are sent to military and overseas voters no later than 45 days prior to the next election. Virginia would need to print the ballots by September 18, 2010, in order to be counted in the November elections.
Lingamfelter said:
“As a career military officer and combat veteran, I have always been concerned about protecting the rights of military voters. Those in the military and overseas risk everything to protect our right to vote. We must do everything we can to ensure they can participate in the freedoms they secure for us.
“I’m confident the Governor and the State Board of Elections will take effective action to ensure the votes of our service members will be counted. In light of the Obama Administration’s refusal to prosecute voter intimidation in Philadelphia, I worry that the Federal Government will ignore voter laws just like they ignore immigration laws. We must remain vigilant to ensure we have fair elections where voters are heard.”
With the rise of voter fraud in the country, this ensures that each ballot would be accounted for properly and on time. It is especially troublesome to see a ballot not be counted due to waiting until the last minute for the absentee version. Every vote should be counted and the process should be fair.
