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There is no legitimate basis for refusing to implement the motor voter law, particularly considering Virginia’s legacy of resisting voter’s rights. The Commonwealth sought to keep its poll tax in 1965 and stubbornly withheld its approval of the 19th Amendment — which give women the right to vote — until 1952, 32 years after it became law.
Even today, Virginia’s voter registration laws continue to hinder participation, requiring a deputized regis- * trar to sign up each voter in person. It is no wonder that only six states register a smaller percentage of eligible voters than does Virginia.
Motor voter will help Virginia*^ move forward on voter registration. In £ the first three months of this year, the * law added two million new voters nationwide and a projected 20 million * will sign up by the end of 1996 — a 17 percent increase in our nation’s ". electorate. If even half of the new vot- * ers go to the polls on Election Day, it „ will be a great step toward a more * participatory democracy.
This is not time to turn back the clock. • --
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