Half a million incorrect absentee ballot applications sent across Virginia, including to dead people
Article publisher:
Geller Report
Article date:
11 August 2020
Article category:
National News
Medium
Article Body:
... “Approximately half a million applications sent to eligible voters in Virginia included incorrect information, and we are working diligently to address the issues,” says the Center for Voter Information.
A non-profit group says more than a half-million inaccurate applications for absentee ballots were mistakenly sent across Virginia this week — including to dead voters, errant relatives and even a pet — in an unprecedented mailing flub that has heightened concerns about the integrity of expanding mail-in voting efforts....
The mistakes raised alarms with recipients as diverse as election monitors, members of the League of Women Voters and a retired FBI agent. The Center for Voter Information, the nonprofit group that sent the mailers with pre-filled absentee ballots, is now apologizing....
Jenna Ellis, senior legal adviser to the Trump 2020 campaign, reacted to the absentee ballot application problems in Virginia and connected it to what could happen in Nevada, specifically.
“Imagine if these applications were live ballots mailed out” she said. “That’s what’s going to happen in Nevada under their recently passed AB4, and what Democrats are pushing for nationally. What will stop a ‘printing flub’ for actual ballots under a universal vote-by-mail system? President Trump warned about these dangers months ago. The Democrats’ plan to intentionally undermine election security will cause incalculable chaos unless we have securities that our campaign lawsuits are insisting on to protect all voters.”