Public commenters urge SBE to restrict cyber navigator access, use DHS SAFE verification and clarify residency form

Summary

During public comment, speakers asked the State Board of Elections to reinstate agenda-item public comment, to bar cyber navigator interns without background checks from accessing election infrastructure, to use DHS SAFE batch verification for citizenship, and to clarify residency-form language to reflect same-day registration.

Several members of the public raised election-administration concerns during public comment at the July meeting of the Virginia State Board of Elections, urging the board to change its public-comment procedures and to address cybersecurity and voter-verification practices.

Ann Grigorian, a public commenter, asked the board to “reinstate comment during agenda items so the board can be proactive rather than reactive to public concerns.” She also congratulated Norfolk electoral board member Mary Anne McKay on a court decision and expressed concern about the Department of Elections’ oversight of college interns placed in registrar offices under the cyber navigator program. “It’s alarming that Lehi is allowing election critical infrastructure to be accessed by individuals who have not received a standard background check, hold…

Public commenters urge SBE to restrict cyber navigator access, use DHS SAFE verification and clarify residency form

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