First, a reminder to all: tomorrow, November 7, 2023 is an election day. It’s especially important in certain states: Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky.
Second, especially to those who are voting in Virginia, or those who know people who vote in Virginia, the people administering the votes are rejecting ballots from non-white voters at a much higher rate than ballots from white voters. From The Guardian (Sam Levine):
Virginia Democrats are concerned that non-white voters in the state are getting their mail-in ballots flagged for possible rejection at much higher rates than their white counterparts ahead of a closely watched election day on Tuesday.
Virginia, like all states, requires voters to fill out certain information on the envelope in which they return their ballot. In Virginia that includes their name, address, birth year and last four digits of their social security number. If any of that information is missing, voters have until 13 November to provide it. If they don’t provide it by the deadline, the ballot is rejected.
An internal analysis by the Democratic Party of Virginia, shared with the Guardian, found election officials have flagged 6,216 mail-in ballots for possible rejection as of Friday – 2.89% of the total mail-in ballots cast. Voters have fixed issues with more than half of those ballots, the party said, so there are 2,783 ballots that could be rejected.
Please, spread this information to Ds who vote in Virginia, so they can check on their ballot status and so they can cure them if necessary. That state has been super close in recent years, but right now has Governor Youngkin, a rabid maga wolf in moderate sheep clothing. Abortion rights and other rights hang in the balance.
Other things have been going on — late voter purges in Virginia and Ohio come to mind — but this is something we can do something about.
Thanks for your help! Let’s make Virginia blue. 💙
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