The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is asking Gov. Ralph Northam to waive the witness signature requirement for absentee ballots cast by mail in this fall's election.

The board voted 9-1 for the proposal by Chair Jeffrey McKay to send a letter to Northam, with Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity, the board's only Republican, casting the only vote against the motion.


McKay said that waiving the witness signature requirement as was done during the 2020 election is necessary due to the continued threat of COVID-19. He said several Fairfax residents had shared concerns with him about obtaining witness signatures arguing they could be exposed to COVID-19 in the process.


"No one should have their ballot rejected because they're unwilling to risk their health and safety to vote," McKay said during the meeting. "We want to be a county that promotes voter participation and doesn't punish people."

You can trust us! We are the government.

Just keep paying those taxes on time please and we will handle the rest.

What a disgrace! Democrat = Maoist. All hail the party over everything else.

You get what you voted for Comrade. Oh, the Vaxx is going to kill you also, suckers!
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as was done during the 2020 election

PROVE IT - THAT WASN'T THE LAW THEN

FEDERAL PRISON

Fuck Joe Biden and fuck the BOS! Never,ever vote Democrat ever! Teach that to your kids and grand kids.

>McKay said that waiving the witness signature requirement as was done during the 2020 election is necessary due to the continued threat of COVID-19. He said several Fairfax residents had shared concerns with him about obtaining witness signatures arguing they could be exposed to COVID-19 in the process.

This is what is called a real cock and bull story , what a con artist job! What a crock of shit, so the 16 voters live in a sealed bottle like a genie huh

Democrats "Democracy" what a joke !

The constitution demands fair elections, these weak whining "voters" BS "needs" to discard an important safeguard in the fair voting procedure can not infringe on the right of the people's need of a fair election without cheats

But Democrats don't care about fair elections anymore, they just need cheats

The southern border is a totally huge cheat in the open as the illegals cheat on all others who wait to enter the USA legally , where's the Democrats on that ! More con artistry BS! Not enforcing the laws of the land to get votes for the future

It’s a license to steal elections.

There is real voter suppression going on. The witness requirement is not one of them.

The number of people who don't have regular contact with at least one other person during the week is very small, so the witness requirement does not impose much of a hardship. The problem is that people either are not good about reading and following instructions, or they procrastinate. The former will overlook the signature requirement while the latter will be filling out their ballot at the last minute and suddenly realize they need a witness when a witness is not handy.

There is one small legitimate concern about witness signatures. Witnesses will quite often not only witness the ballot, but will also deliver it to the post. A witness who aligns with the opposite side from the voter could lose the ballot. The probability of this happening is no greater in a covid environment than it was before covid.