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Report: Dozens of VA college students voted twice
by
Bill Dolack
The liberal rallying cry of “let every vote count” has reached ridiculous heights in Virginia as thousands of students registered to vote here and in their home states in the last election.
According to a news release from the Third District Republican Committee, dozens of these students have applied for absentee ballots in their home state after having just registered to vote here.
“Every Virginian should be concerned about the potential for fraud on a scale we have not witnessed before in Virginia, said Mike Wade, Third District GOP Chairman. “I am pleased that Secretary Rodrigues and the State Board of Elections is taking this seriously and has turned the names of those applying for ballots in other states over to the State Police.”
According to Wade, election policy was changed in September by Gov. Tim Kaine’s office to shift responsibility from the local Registrar to the student him/herself for determining whether or not they are a resident of Virginia. Registrars were further instructed to not inform an applicant for voter registration about such things as the requirement under state law for an individual to contact the DMV and obtain a Virginia Driver’s License within 60 days of becoming a resident of Virginia.
“The unprecedented involvement of the Governor’s Chief of Staff, in directing policy and personally editing communications to Registrars for the sole purpose of benefitting one candidate in one race, has cast doubts on the entire policy making process,” Wade added. “The result is the alarming situation we now find ourselves in.”
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© 2008 The Valley American
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