I received an email today from The League of Women Voters in Virginia with information about a vote to be held tomorrow by The Senate Privileges and Elections (P&E) committee will meet on Tuesday, January 29. It's essential that everyone in Virginia contact their senatorial representative and urge that they vote against these bills:
SB 719. This bill removes several items from the list of acceptable identification documents that a voter must present when voting at the polls on Election Day: current utility bill, bank statement, government check, or paycheck that shows the name and address of the voter.
SB 723. This bill would create an electoral system in which the Commonwealth's electoral votes for president of the United States would be allocated by congressional district as opposed to the current system where all of the electoral votes from Virginia go to the individual that receives the most votes.
SB 723 would allow a presidential candidate to become president even when a strong majority of the electorate voted for the other candidate.
SB 1256. This bill would require a photo ID at the polls and eliminate all forms of identification that do not contain a photograph of the voter from the list of forms of identification any one of which a voter must present in order to be allowed to vote.
Louisev suggested this link:
http://conview.state.va.us/...
Information on how to contact your representatives is below. Please, please pass this information on.
Senator Obenshain (Chairman) - district26@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7526
Senator Howell - district32@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7532
Senator Martin - district11@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7511
Senator Deeds - district25@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7525
Senator Puckett - district38@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7538
Senator Edwards - district21@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7521
Senator McEachin - district09@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7509
Senator Petersen - district34@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7534
Senator Smith - district19@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7519
Senator Northam - district06@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7506
Senator Vogel - district27@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7527
Senator McWaters - district08@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7508
Senator Carrico - district40@senate.virginia.gov or 804.698.7540
Member Name District Party Capitol Office District Office
Alexander, Kenneth C. 5 D (804) 698-7505 (757) 223-1333
Barker, George L. 39 D (804) 698-7539 (703) 303-1426
Black, Richard H. 13 R (804) 698-7513 (703) 406-2951
Blevins, Harry B. 14 R (804) 698-7514 (757) 546-2435
Carrico, Charles W., Sr. 40 R (804) 698-7540 (276) 236-0098
Colgan, Charles J. 29 D (804) 698-7529 (703) 368-0300
Deeds, R. Creigh 25 D (804) 698-7525 (434) 296-5491
Ebbin, Adam P. 30 D (804) 698-7530 (571) 384-8957
Edwards, John S. 21 D (804) 698-7521 (540) 985-8690
Favola, Barbara A. 31 D (804) 698-7531 (703) 835-4845
Garrett, Thomas A., Jr. 22 R (804) 698-7522 (434) 944-7770
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. 24 R (804) 698-7524 (540) 885-6898
Herring, Mark R. 33 D (804) 698-7533 (703) 729-3300
Howell, Janet D. 32 D (804) 698-7532 (703) 709-8283
Locke, Mamie E. 2 D (804) 698-7502 (757) 825-5880
Lucas, L. Louise 18 D (804) 698-7518 (757) 397-8209
Marsden, David W. 37 D (804) 698-7537 (571) 249-3037
Marsh, Henry L., III 16 D (804) 698-7516 (804) 698-7516
Martin, Stephen H. 11 R (804) 698-7511 (804) 674-0242
McDougle, Ryan T. 4 R (804) 698-7504 (804) 730-1026
McEachin, A. Donald 9 D (804) 698-7509 (804) 226-4111
McWaters, Jeffrey L. 8 R (804) 698-7508 (757) 965-3700
Miller, John C. 1 D (804) 698-7501 (757) 595-1100
Newman, Stephen D. 23 R (804) 698-7523 (434) 385-1065
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. 3 R (804) 698-7503 (757) 259-7810
Northam, Ralph S. 6 D (804) 698-7506 (757) 818-5172
Obenshain, Mark D. 26 R (804) 698-7526 (540) 437-1451
Petersen, J. Chapman 34 D (804) 698-7534 (703) 349-3361
Puckett, Phillip P. 38 D (804) 698-7538 (276) 979-8181
Puller, Linda T. 36 D (804) 698-7536 (703) 765-1150
Reeves, Bryce E. 17 R (804) 698-7517 (540) 645-8440
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. 15 R (804) 698-7515 (434) 374-5129
Saslaw, Richard L. 35 D (804) 698-7535 (703) 978-0200
Smith, Ralph K. 19 R (804) 698-7519 (540) 206-3597
Stanley, William M., Jr. 20 R (804) 698-7520 (540) 721-6028
Stosch, Walter A. 12 R (804) 698-7512 (804) 527-7780
Stuart, Richard H. 28 R (804) 698-7528 (804) 493-8892
Vogel, Jill Holtzman 27 R (804) 698-7527 (540) 662-4551
Wagner, Frank W. 7 R (804) 698-7507 (757) 671-2250
Watkins, John C. 10 R (804) 698-7510 (804) 379-2063