Big E
Aug 11
Big E’s Big Mouth Substack

Every State Needs Election Integrity like Virginia’s — One person, One Vote, Properly Counted — and NO Ranked Choice Voting / RCV (08/11/24)

This means: Paper ballots, no machines, precinct level counting, no same-day registration, no mass-mailed absentee ballots, absentee ballots must have a good and limited-scope excuse.

NO STATE should implement Ranked Choice Voting.

EVERY STATE should implement measures contained in Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order 35 (2024).

This executive order (EO) “protects the casting of legal ballots by legally eligible voters in Virginia's elections, including with stringent ballot security, complete and thorough counting machine testing, and best-in-the-nation voter list maintenance.”

Key features (text from the EO):

Transparency in Voting & Counting

  • 100% paper ballots which provide a physical record of the voter's intent

  • Use of paper ballot counting machines, not voting machines

  • Strict chain of custody for ballots with daily reconciliation during early voting

  • Application required to receive a mail ballot - no mass mailing of ballots

  • Counting machines tested prior to every election

  • Counting machines not connected to the internet

  • Drop boxes under 24/7 monitoring

Certification of Election Security Procedures

  1. Ballot Security

  2. Counting Machine Testing and Certification

  3. Triple-Check of Election Result Accuracy

Certification of Accuracy of Voter Lists

  • Daily Updates to protect Voter Lists

Referral for False Claims of Citizenship

  • Department of Motor Vehicles generates a daily file of all non-citizens transactions, including addresses and document numbers. All registrars must cancel the registrations of non-citizens who have registered to vote in a local, state, or federal election by falsely claiming that they are a citizen.

Awareness Campaign for Election Security

  • The Department of Elections shall encourage and provide information to all general registrars to post or provide to voters directly regarding election-related offenses and their punishments.

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