Fairfax GOP Election Integrity Team

The deadline for “cross-over”, when bills that pass either the House or Senate “cross over” to the other chamber for a vote, is Tuesday, February 13.  Currently, there are 17 Democrat-sponsored bills (9 in the House and 8 in the Senate) that will damage election integrity in Virginia. Republican legislators MUST VOTE “NO” on these bills!

The bad news is that given the Democrat majority in both chambers, most if not all, bills will pass.  However, the good news is that IF the Republican legislators vote NO on these bills, they’ll send a clear message to Governor Youngkin to veto every single one of them. The Democrats don’t have the votes to override the Governor’s veto.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?
To keep Virginia’s election laws from weakening, every Republican legislator needs to hold the line! Your emails and/or phone calls are vital.  Please contact your Republican legislators this week, as soon as possible. After cross-over, the Members of the House of Delegates will be voting on the bills that have passed the Senate, and the Senators will be voting on the bills that have passed the House.

Here are some templates for you to use, along with links to files with contact info for each Senator and Delegate, and links to each of these bad Democrat-sponsored bills.

SAMPLE EMAIL (SENATE)

List of Virginia Senators’ contact information – Download here

Group list of emails for all Senators to paste in BCC field – Download here
Sample email for Senator (individual or group) – Download here

SAMPLE EMAIL (HOUSE)

Virginia Delegates’ contact information –  Download here

Group list of emails for all Delegates to paste in BCC field – Download here

Sample email for Delegate (individual or group) – Download here

LINKS TO THE FULL TEXT AND HIGHLIGHTED CHANGES OF THE 17 ELECTION BILLS TO OPPOSE:

SB 196 – Voter registration; list maintenance data standards, challenges to a voter’s registration. Highlighted text changes (Restricts General Registrar abilities to perform voter roll maintenance and to use certain sources of information for voter roll maintenance.)

SB 246 – Limited-duration licenses and driver privilege cards and permits; extends validity. Highlighted text changes
(Eliminates identifying features used to distinguish between citizen and non-citizen state-issued driver’s permits and special ID cards)

 
SB 270 – Presidential primaries; ranked choice voting. Highlighted text changes (Institutes Ranked Choice Voting in Presidential Primaries. We oppose Ranked Choice Voting for all elections including primaries.)

SB 300 – Voter registration; list maintenance activities, required identification information. Highlighted text changes (Multiple Issues with quality of list maintenance)

SB 315 – Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers, automatic update. Highlighted text changes
(All DMV interactions will automatically update an individual’s voter registration records without consent or option to opt-out)

SB 364 – Elections; protection of election officials, penalty. Highlighted text changes (Without specific definitions of 24.2-1000 terms such as threaten, intimidate, harass, and coerce, the use of a criminal charge for those actions as a precursor for a civil lawsuit is an invitation to lawfare in possible violation of the First Amendment.)

SB 428 – Elections; allows for any local or constitutional office to be conducted by ranked choice voting. Highlighted text changes (Expands Ranked Choice Voting in local races. We oppose Ranked Choice Voting for all elections.)

SB 606 – Voter registration; list maintenance, data sharing. Highlighted text changes (Re-enters Virginia into ERIC, the Electronic Registration Information Center, membership agreement, exposing private info to 3rd parties and compromising list maintenance)

HB 26 – Voter identification; accepted forms of identification, private entities licensed or certified. Highlighted text changes
(Allows private entities licensed by state agencies to issue voter IDs that do not require proof of residency.)

HB 623 – Rights of voters; covered practices, civil cause of action, standing, jurisdiction, and venue. Highlighted text changes (Multiple issues)

HB 904 – Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches. Highlighted text changes (Limits the data that can be used from multiple sources including other states, limits staff assessments for voter list maintenance, removes the Registrar from decision-making and eliminates deadlines.)

HB 939 – Elections administration; prohibits possession of firearm within 100 feet of certain locations. Highlighted text changes (Restricts and punishes citizens for exercising their Second Amendment rights.)

HB 942 – Polling places and voter satellite offices; locations, restrictions, requirements, & considerations. Highlighted text changes (Limits available locations to place a satellite and vilifies police and sheriffs.)

HB1177 – Voter registration; list maintenance, data sharing. Highlighted text changes
(Forces Virginia to rejoin ERIC, the Electronic Registration Information Center)

HB 1454 – Limited-duration licenses and driver privilege cards and permits; extends validity. Highlighted text changes (Eliminates identifying features used to distinguish between citizen and non-citizen state-issued driver’s permits and special ID cards)

HB 1490 – Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices, days and hours of operation. Highlighted text changes (Transfers authority from Electoral Board to County or City governing body for in-person early voting and setting satellites dates and hours.)

HB 1534 – Voter or voter’s registration; challenges to candidate qualifications or eligibility. Highlighted text changes (Suppresses voter right to challenge another voter’s registration directly to the Registrar.)

To learn more about the Fairfax GOP’s Election Integrity efforts click HERE. Contact Andi Bayer, apmjt.bayer@verizon.net if you have additional questions.