From EPEC Team News & Analysis newsletter: We are at the halfway mark of Virginia’s 45-day early voting stretch ahead of Election Day (Nov. 4th) with more than 500,000 ballots in countable status, and more than 800,000 ballots in various stages of approval for in-person and absentee by-mail. That…...
Violence, Raging Texts Upend VA Election
A wildfire of scandal blazed into Virginia’s 2025 election Friday after text messages sent by Democrat Attorney General candidate Jay Jones came to light in which he fantasized about assassinating a Republican lawmaker — and wished death on his children over their policy differences. The texts from 2022, first…...
Hart Leaps Ahead on First-in-The-Nation Election Security
From EPEC Team Voter Data Newsletter: Election systems vendor Hart InterCivic has jumped ahead with security best practices in the United States now that it is certified to the updated Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.0 standard via the Election Assistance Commission. It’s been a decade to get there —…...
Virginia’s Move to Slash Voter-List Prices Was Long Overdue
From EPEC Team Newsletter: The National Voter Registration Act mandates that voting records be available to the public or qualified groups at a “reasonable” cost. Federal court rulings in Illinois, Maryland, and Virginia from 2012 (Project Vote/Voting for America, Inc. v. Long) have affirmed the intent of section 8 of…...
Virginia’s Primary Election a Wrap, Candidates Set for Fall
Virginia’s 2025 general election candidates are set in the off-year election after the June primary election Tuesday; absentee ballots are still being finalized this week. In the Democrat statewide primary races, state senator Ghazala Hashmi squeaked out the nomination for lieutenant governor among a crowded field by just over 3,500…...