Virginia Gov. Issues Election Integrity Executive Order — Voting Machines OFFLINE Only!

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has just issued an executive order designed to safeguard the 2024 Election.

The executive order, EO-35, asserts that Virginia only uses paper ballots with “counting machines”, NOT “voting machines”.

It requires all machines to be cut off from the internet.

In addition, it ensures that ballots won’t be counted unless the respective voter’s birthday and Social Security match.

Take a look:

🚨🚨And here we go,

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin executes a executive order that will require election officials to ensure that "no Dominion voting machines are connected to the internet" and that ballots won't be counted unless the voter’s social security and birthday match… pic.twitter.com/YZPnhqGIt7

— 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) August 8, 2024

Wow. Governor Youngkin signed quite the executive order on August 7th. Are my eyes deceiving me? Will Virginia actually have a relatively clean election? Someone pinch me…

“We use 100% paper ballots with a strict chain of custody. We use counting machines, not voting machines,… pic.twitter.com/JTIQmkSnQu

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Youngkin’s press release states:

Governor Glenn Youngkin today issued Executive Order 35, which codifies the 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 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,” said Governor Glenn Youngkin.

“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,” Governor Glenn Youngkin continued.

The EO codifies improvements to election security made during the Governor’s administration by directing the Commissioner of the Department of Elections to certify in writing annually that these improvements are in place. The EO also outlines the procedures in place for non-citizens who attempt to violate the law and register to vote, which includes referral to the local Commonwealth’s attorney and the Office of Attorney General, which has concurrent jurisdiction.

And, here’s the specific bit from the EO about voting machines:

What do you think?

Should more states adopt similar measures?

If you’re interested, you can read the entire Executive Order here to decide for yourself.