Every legal vote deserves to be counted without being watered down by illegal votes.'
A new executive order from the Republican governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, revealed the steps that leaders of the commonwealth have taken to shore up confidence in the election process, including removing tens of thousands of noncitizens and deceased voters from voter rolls.
On Wednesday, Youngkin issued Executive Order 35, which aims "to protect the casting of legal ballots by legally eligible voters in Virginia's elections." The EO listed several Virginia voting regulations that those living in other states likely wish they had:
- 100% paper ballots,
- strict chain of custody for all ballots as well as daily reconciliation during the early voting period,
- "no mass mailing of ballots" — application for mail-in ballot required,
- 24/7 monitoring of all drop boxes,
- no "voting machines," only machines designed to count ballots, and
- strict prohibition against hooking counting machines up to the internet.
