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drray23

(7,627 posts)

6. nonsense.

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 23, 2020, 08:46 AM

Sep 2020

I am also a Virginian and I voted absentee in person in 2016. All I had to do is say I was traveling that day for business. They did not ask for justification or documents, just that I certify it. It certainly was an option for disabled people as well.

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I voted early yesterday first time ever (dropped off my ballot)! [View all] lagomorph777 Sep 2020 OP

Cool. LisaL Sep 2020 #1

You can drop off your ballot at the registrar office, you can even vote absentee in person there.nt. drray23 Sep 2020 #3

Well, a drop box at the County Registrar's office. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #4

we had early absentee and mail voting for years. drray23 Sep 2020 #2

In VA, you had to have a damned good "excuse" and for practical purposes, it was nonexistent. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #5

nonsense. drray23 Sep 2020 #6

The changes are major and real. I was not going to take chances and lie in prior years. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #7

I agree that it will make it much easier. drray23 Sep 2020 #8