Virginia’s Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin issued an Executive Order Wednesday placing a thorn in the side of Democrats planning on using illegal immigrants to inflate their voter rolls.
Youngkin’s office explained Executive Order 35 codifies election security procedures put into place during his administration, “including stringent ballot security, complete and thorough counting machine testing, and best-in-the-nation voter list maintenance.”
The governor joined Sean Hannity on Fox News Wednesday, saying, “Call me crazy, but I think American elections should be decided by American citizens, and Virginia elections should be decided by Virginians. That’s why this Executive Order is so important because it makes sure we have clean voter rolls and makes sure votes are counted accurately, and it recognizes the fact that elections need to be trusted by voters.”
“This is going to be the most important election of our lifetime. We’re gonna see the future of America determined and I want to make sure that Virginians know they can trust this election process,” he added.
Call me crazy, but I think American elections should be decided by American citizens, and Virginia elections should be decided by Virginians. pic.twitter.com/JMVhqmqB1D
— Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) August 8, 2024
Governor Youngkin wrote in a statement, “The Virginia model for Election Security works. This isn’t a Democrat or Republican issue, it’s an American and Virginian issue. Every legal vote deserves to be counted without being watered down by illegal votes or inaccurate machines. In Virginia, we don’t play games and our model for election security is working.”
“We use 100% paper ballots with a strict chain of custody. We use counting machines, not voting machines, that are tested prior to every election and never connected to the internet. We do not mass mail ballots. We monitor our drop boxes 24/7. We verify the legal presence and identity of voters using DMV data and other trusted data sources to update our voter rolls daily, not only adding new voters, but scrubbing the lists to remove those that should not be on it, like the deceased, individuals that have moved, and non-citizens that have accidentally or maliciously attempted to register.”
Additionally, the EO lays out the process for Virginia to refer illegals caught voting to the local Commonwealth’s attorney and the Office of Attorney General for prosecution.
The move is being praised by conservatives around the country, with many hoping their states follow the governor’s lead.
