Wear one of these to vote
Get upset if they ask for ID
Posted on 11/02/2021 11:29:26 AM PDT by george76
As Virginians headed to vote on Election Day, reports began to surface Tuesday morning that some were being told a mask must be worn in order to enter a polling location and cast a ballot..
Townhall independently verified that a handful of Virginians who cast ballots in-person this morning were told masks were required to vote as well.
As claims of similar incidents continued to surface, the Republican Party of Virginia tweeted that "if someone is not wearing a face covering they may NOT be turned away or refused their right to vote."
In addition, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund also tweeted out a message reiterating masks are "not required at polling sites in Virginia" and that voters who forget or don't wear a mask "should not be turned away for not having a mask."
The chief counsel for the RNC also clarified that Virginia's Department of Elections declared there is no masking requirement to vote.
According to official guidance from the Virginia Department of Elections issued on September 9, 2020 election workers cannot require a voter to wear a mask in order to cast a ballot and "cannot turn a voter away because they refuse to use a mask."
The guidance also declares that poll workers "cannot turn a voter away because they refuse to submit to a temperature check or if their temperature measures higher than usual" and even if a "voter is symptomatic and insists on voting in the polling place, you cannot turn them away."
While that's already a pretty clear ban on turning away voters for not wearing a mask, having a fever, or being otherwise symptomatic, the guidance spells it out even more explicitly: "A voter may insist on voting in-person. Your election official cannot turn away a voter."
The fix is in with these rats.
Wait..Who the hell is checking temps at polling places ?
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a bill into law removing the requirement that voters show photo ID in order to cast their ballots..
If they require mask, shouldn’t they be handing them out?
Wear one of these to vote
Get upset if they ask for ID
Masks do not block a virus.. If Pelosi can go to a hair salon without a mask ... and ..
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We didn’t wear one and wasn’t asked to put one on at our Polling place in SW VA.
Wasn’t asked to wear a mask while voting in our election here in Jersey either.
Whom did you vote for, btw?
Wonder if they’re trying this in Loudon County.
I believe Trump voters are more likely to not wear a mask. Just another cheating tactic.
bkmk
Our polling place (Richmond, VA) had a sign on the outside door asking, but not requiring, that you wear a mask. Once inside, there was a man with a supply of masks for anyone who wanted one.
Voted this morning in VA. Wasn’t wearing a mask. While I was standing in line a worker offered me a mask, I politely declined, they moved on. I showed ID to vote. I voted. The end.
Any conservative who didn’t have the foresight to bring a mask with them deserves to not have their vote counted. If you are unwilling to prepare for all possibilities of voter suppression, you’re an idiot.
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