The self-proclaimed nonpartisan group Honest Elections Project on Tuesday condemned an organization in Virginia for sending hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots to state voters who did not apply.
The Center for Voter Information, which is affiliated with a non-profit called the Voter Participation Center, last week submitted more than 800,000 mail-in voting applications, aimed at “eligible” voters with a focus on unmarried women, people of color and young voters.
‘A Virginia group sending a voting application to a pet sounds like a funny story, but suppose it was an actual mood? That’s the risk of an election by a jury vote by mail, “said Jason Snead, executive director of honest election project Fox News. Nothing to say about the virtual certainty of voting being sent to the wrong address, as to dead or unreachable voters. “
The Center for Voter Information also tried to mislead voters into thinking the polls came from an official government source.
“About half a million requests sent to eligible voters in Virginia contained incorrect information,” the group said, according to WTOP News. “And we are working hard to tackle the problems. Errors in our programming are very rare, but we take them seriously, and our methods are extremely effective. ”
Twitter account for Fairfax County election in Virginia sent a warning about the “inaccurate, potentially misleading mailing” last week.
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Snead said other states have experienced similar mistakes and squandered government funding after pushing for a postal voting system that includes automatic transmissions.
“New Jersey and Nevada experienced that earlier this year when their automated mailings led to large numbers of unavailable ballots piled up in apartment lobbies and on sidewalks,” he added. “That not only wastes taxpayers’ money, it invites chaos and fraud. Unfortunately, states like Nevada seem determined to repeat this mistake.”
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Snead claimed post-in vote could lead to what he called “deadwood”, as inaccurate records for people who moved, died, or did not qualify to vote. Sending unsolicited votes after each registration causes even more confusion, he explained.
In a separate post, Honest Elections Project highlighted the election plan of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan as the best to emulate, starting November.
“Governor Larry Hogan’s election plan gave voters the choice: to request an absentee ballot, or to vote in person by opening the state’s polling stations,” Snead continued. “That was the right move to empower voters while learning from the misteps that have brought chaos and dysfunction to so many of the pandemic primaries. Unfortunately, the State Board of Elections – under pressure from activists who alone push for a universal post-election election – instead of a plan to reinstate a radical ballot box in November. “
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He added, “This step is not only unnecessary, it risks causing unconscious long lines that may discourage voters. The voters who sit in these lines in November will know who to thank for their situation: the “activists and politicians who are more committed to a reckless plan to form a jury in an election by e-mail than in finding real solutions that increase voters.”
Fox News’s Morgan Phillips and Ronn Blitzer contributed to this report
