Posted on 11/02/2021 12:19:03 PM PDT by BurgessKoch
The Virginia Republican Party said Tuesday that some voters are incorrectly being told at some polling locations in the state that a mask must be worn – as residents cast ballots on a slate of contests including the state's high-profile governor's race.
"There have been several reports from voters who say they were told by poll workers that they are required to wear a mask in order to vote," read a tweet from the Virginia GOP account. "To be clear, if someone is not wearing a face covering they may NOT be turned away or refused their right to vote."
Another tweet on the account reads: "Masks are NOT required to vote. There is no mask mandate in Virginia."
A senior editor at the Washington Free Beacon said that he was told to wear a mask to vote in Virginia.
"Poll workers demanded I mask up in order to vote. At no point did they ask to see my face to see if it matched the ID. Seems legit," he wrote.
The Legal Defense Fund addressed the mask issue on social media as well.
"Masks are encouraged but not required at polling sites in Virginia. If you forgot your mask, you should not be turned away for not having a mask," the organization wrote. "You should either request one from your polling place or request to vote curbside."
Conservative columnist Charles Hurt said local officials requiring masks to vote in Virginia is a voter suppression tactic.
"To be clear, this is illegal voter suppression," he wrote. "You may vote at any polling place in Virginia – even in schools – with or without a mask no matter what local election officials tell you."
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“being told at some polling locations in the state that a mask must be worn”
Isn’t it possible that counties and locales are requiring indoor masks?
Stupid, but just deal with it and get it done.
No mask, no vote. No ID, no problem.
What is the nature of the building you vote in?
Schools are a bunch of wussies. They probably have it on every school door.
NoVa dropped the mask requirement months ago. Maybe they didn’t have one.
If that was the case, the Republican table should have had masks to hand out. One’s that say YOUNGKIN!
Me. I no longer carry the damn things because masks haven’t been mandated here in over a year.
I am not in VA, but I was told the same thing. Free masks were in box so I put one on and voted. When I walked out the door then I went to take it off gently. The strap broke so it can’t be reused. Cheap!
Who told them they had to wear a mask? Was it a cop? Did he mention what law is being violated by not wearing a mask? Or was it some indoctrinated millennial punk saying this?
This reminds me of 1996 when volunteers for the Clinton criminal cabal were handing out “Reelect Clinton Gore” buttons IN the polling place and I picked up the box and threw it out in the street and got into a fist fight. You have to FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT against these domestic enemies! They are DOMESTIC ENEMIES OF THE UNITED STATES!
I wouldn’t go anywhere today without a mask in my pocket. Even when jurisdictions around here have lifted their mandates, individual businesses have still required them. And you know that democrat interests are going to be doing everything possible to impede.
There is still more than an hour to vote - go prepared!
I didn’t see that in McLean/Langley, but I was wearing one anyway.
Look get over to the Va Live Thread and give us your feel for what is going on...thanks!
Democrat’s are instilling voter suppression
This is a clusterf*ck. Thanks to the conniving Liberals.
Ok, “you don’t need a mask to vote”.
Then surely you must be the last surviving human in that county. When you’re out driving, do you swerve around all the dead bodies, or just go right over ‘em like speed bumps?
The slimy bastards are knowingly culling the Republican herd.
Some poll-watching butt-kicking seems required about now.
Those signs need to be sequestered as evidence of vote-tampering.
Q: Was it in a school, fire station, city hall or another public office/building/structure?
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