Incorrect voting information sent to local homes
Tens of thousands of Virginians received an absentee ballot application with the wrong information.
The Center for Voter Information sent out applications with the voter information already filled in and an enclosed envelope with the wrong address: Fairfax County residents received an envelope addressed to the City of Fairfax Registrar rather than the registrar for Fairfax County.
The incorrect mailing appears to be a mistake, rather than deliberate voter suppression.
The Center for Voter Information is a nonpartisan 501(c)(4) organization. The group’s president states: “Please rest assured that we are working with local election officials to redirect the Vote By Mail applications to the proper locations, and will rectify any errors at our own expense.”
The confusing mailer is “causing concerns because some people already requested their ballot and are now wondering why they got this,” states an email from the League of Women Voters of Virginia. “Needless to say, this is something registrars should not have to be dealing with at this time.”
The LWV urges people to visit the official Virginia Board of Elections portal to request a ballot.
Absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election will be mailed starting Sept. 18. The deadline to register to vote is Oct. 13. The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is Oct, 23.
If you already sent in the application from the Center for Voter Information with the wrong destination address, check the status of your application here. If it does not get marked as received in the next couple weeks, contact your registrar to see if they received it from the other jurisdiction’s registrar.
6 responses to “Incorrect voting information sent to local homes”
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So if we got a bad return envelope what do we do?
Just go online and request the ballot directly yourself. Here is the link: https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/absentee-voting/
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Wrong info?
No way
But everybody was saying how bullet proof remote voting is
and how good mail-in voting is
What a surprise.
The process of mail-in voting itself is fine. Just because some non-profit got ahead of itself with the application process doesn't mean we should go all trump and question the legitimacy of mail-in voting.
I do wish these non-profits would help get out the vote by showing folks how to use the official registrar approved methods rather than trying these shortcuts. The official methods are the safest and surest way for people to register properly to vote.
You realize the group that sent it isn't part of the election board/Va government, right?