{"id":954492,"date":"2021-11-02T16:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=954492"},"modified":"2021-11-02T16:28:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:28:56","slug":"report-virginia-polling-precincts-block-maskless-residents-from-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-virginia-polling-precincts-block-maskless-residents-from-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Virginia Polling Precincts Block Maskless Residents from Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-virginia-polling-precincts-block-maskless-residents-from-voting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=954492&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Virginia-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Virginia polling precincts are reportedly blocking maskless residents from voting on Tuesday, even in counties where mask mandates are not in place.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mschlapp\/status\/1455532199541985290?s=20\">tweeted<\/a> he was rejected from voting because he was maskless. \u201cI was told at my polling station I couldn\u2019t vote without a mask,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKnowing what the GOP thinks about masks, isn\u2019t this just an illegal barrier to voting?\u201d continued Schlapp. \u201cBut I can count on one thing our judges will do nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founder and President of&nbsp;Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1455577978113597445?s=20\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;reports of precincts blocking maskless voters.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">\u201cHearing that voters in Virginia are being turned away from polls for not wearing a mask,\u201d Charlie tweeted. \u201cIf this is true it\u2019s unacceptable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">\u201cVoters CANNOT be denied their constitutional right based on an unconstitutional mandate Virginia Voters: hold the line\u2014don\u2019t let them block your vote,\u201d Kirk said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Senior Writer at Real Clear Investigations Mark Hemingway also reportedly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heminator\/status\/1455561994736709634?s=20\">received<\/a> a notice that masks are mandatory at many polling locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust got this text. They were trying to require masks at my polling place in a jurisdiction with no mask mandate in place,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged text reads in part, \u201cURGENT: Some voting locations are asking voters to wear a mask in order to vote. YOU CANNOT BE TURNED AWAY FOR NOT WEARING A MASK.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0909090909091\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just got this text. They were trying to require masks at my polling place in a jurisdiction with no mask mandate in place. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WqgcyO4LYF\">pic.twitter.com\/WqgcyO4LYF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heminator\/status\/1455561994736709634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The reports of voters being turned away for not wearing masks come as enthusiasm grows within Republican Glenn Youngkin\u2019s campaign. Among voters in rural areas, Youngkin is polling more favorably than President Donald Trump in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Youngkin has maintained his lead over Democrat Terry McAuliffe, FiveThirtyEight\u2019s average polling revealed Tuesday. Youngkin has steadily performed better in the polls as the race has matured. On October 15, for instance,&nbsp;Youngkin trailed the Democrat by three points and more than four points on August 15.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin made his final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/02\/youngkin-makes-his-final-case-in-loudoun-county-victory-will-not-be-given-to-us-we-must-go-get-it\/\">pitch<\/a> to Virginia voters Monday evening in Loudoun County, Virginia, where the political fallout from Critical Race Theory in the school district made national news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our moment where we stand up for our children, for our grandchildren, for our nieces, for our nephews, for our neighbors, and we decide that we, in fact, are going to be in charge of our children\u2019s education,\u201d Youngkin said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Politico Playbook, 1.14 million Virginians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook-pm\/2021\/11\/02\/your-guide-to-election-day-2021-494945\">have<\/a> already \u201cvoted \u2014 858,646 in person and 283,662 by mail.\u201d Polls close at 7:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia polling precincts are reportedly blocking maskless residents from voting on Tuesday, even in counties where mask mandates are not in place. 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