Youngkin’s Election EO Makes a Splash
From the EPEC Team Newsletter: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order about election security – including removing noncitizens from voter rolls – made a splash this week with election watchers around the nation. Executive Order 35 recounts the administration’s modernization of election systems it has undertaken in the past few…...
Is VA’s ELECT Ignoring Voter-Roll Errors?
From the EPEC Team Newsletter: Yes, Virginia, we have noncitizens on voter rolls. And yes, noncitizens were voting for years before they removed themselves from Virginia’s voter rolls, according to Dept. of Election data and EPEC Team analysis. That’s an ongoing problem. But that’s not all. Localities and counties still…...
Is VA Ready for the 2024 General Election?
Analysis by Rick Naigle, Senior Analyst, EPEC Voter News: EPEC Team data analysts reviewed voting data from the June 18th Primary election and found serious discrepancies. There is still time to fix the problems before November. Virginia’s 2020 election experience during the COVID-driven shift to mail-in ballots was marred by…...
Absentee Ballot Controversy in VA’s CD-5 Primary
From EPEC Team Newsletter: Expect a Recount and More in VA’s Republican CD 5 Primary, Local Races U.S. Senate Race is set, Other Congressional Races Why Gov. Youngkin’s EO on Voter Roll Improvements Matters 1. Accusations Flying, Recount Expected in VA 5 Republican Congressional Primary It’s a nail-biter of a…...
VA Election Bills Fell Short on Best Practices. They Were Vetoed
From EPEC Team Newsletter — Three election bills that would have narrowed voter-list maintenance deadlines and altered statutes covering voter-eligibility challenges met the end of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) veto pen Friday. One can learn much in the veto statements about why. Amid emerging best practices in voter list…...
