Jay Jones: “The people of the commonwealth are fed up with his schemes, and they are fed up with elected leaders who believe they…”

I was raised by people who understood that the right to vote was never simply given. Generations of Americans had to sacrifice, organize, and show extraordinary courage to claim that right.

Contrary to the lies he peddles, the greatest threat to confidence in our elections is not Virginia’s voters, election officials, or our election system — it is Donald Trump.

That is why we created a dedicated Voter Protection Section within the Office of the Attorney General. This work now has a permanent home, and a team focused every day on defending voting rights and enforcing Virginia law.

The General Assembly was well within its legal authority to pass this law and to put statutory requirements in place to ensure Virginia’s already resource-constrained localities and law enforcement agencies are not devoting critical…