Virginia Beefs Up Election Safeguards

GOP Governor Glenn Youngkin just issued an executive order “codifying” election security procedures. The order covers ballot security, testing counting machines to make sure they have not been hacked and voter list maintenance. 

Governor Youngkin described it this way, “We use 100% paper ballots with a strict chain of custody. We use counting machines, not voting machines, that are tested prior to every election and never connected to the internet. We do not mass mail ballots. We monitor our drop boxes 24/7. We verify the legal presence and identity of voters using DMV data and other trusted data sources to update our voter rolls daily, not only adding new voters, but scrubbing the lists to remove those that should not be on it, like the deceased, individuals that have moved, and non-citizens that have accidentally or maliciously attempted to register.” 

Virginia is my home state, so I am doubly glad we are leading the way in securing the vote. Every GOP governor should issue similar executive orders.

By the way, before the “soft coup” that forced Biden to drop out of the race, polling showed Trump with a slight lead in Virginia.