From dueling legal rulings that could re-start the SAVE database for voter verification, the Department of Justice reminding states of election laws they are duty-bound to follow, EPEC Team is tracking a whooshing week of election developments around the nation and in Virginia. Some highlights from EPEC Team Newsletter —…...
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 —…...
EAC Board Talks up Trump Election Executive Order
The advisory board of the Election Assistance Commission met for two days this week in Washington for its annual meeting. Among the topics: the Trump Administration’s Executive Order on election integrity, and ongoing litigation over parts of the order. They did a lot of talking — and were told to…...
VA Pollbook Changes Appear to Violate Election Certification
Exclusive: New e-mail releases show that election officials were aware of the risks back in April about DemTech’s murky status as a provider of pollbook software for voting. A major vendor of electronic poll book software across Virginia appears to have violated state certification standards after it abruptly ended support…...
VA General Election DAL Stats
- 2026 VA June Dem Primary Election DAL File Metrics June 27, 2026Below you will find the current summary data and graphics from the 2026 VA June Dem Primary Election Daily Absentee List files. We pull the DAL file everyday and track the count of each specific ballot category in each daily file. Note: Page may take a moment to load the graphics objects. Linear Scale Plot: […]Jonathan Lareau
- 2026 VA June Rep Primary Election DAL File Metrics June 27, 2026Below you will find the current summary data and graphics from the 2026 VA June Rep Primary Election Daily Absentee List files. We pull the DAL file everyday and track the count of each specific ballot category in each daily file. Note: Page may take a moment to load the graphics objects. Linear Scale Plot: […]Jonathan Lareau
- Non-citizen registrations with previous voting history in VA election data – update Jun 2026 June 12, 2026We have updated our previous analysis (see March 2024, July 2024, Sept 2024, Oct 2024, Nov 2024, Dec 2024, March 2025, August 2025, and Jan 2026 posts) with the latest information from the VA Department of Elections data. Abstract: Using data provided by the VA Department of Elections (“ELECT”), we have identified at least 8,566 unique registrations that were self-identified as “Declared […]Jonathan Lareau
- Approved Permanent Absentee List Voters With No Corresponding Registration Record in Virginia March 12, 2026Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): There are at least 6,096 statewide records that are currently approved to receive absentee ballots, on a permanent basis, that DO NOT HAVE CORRESPONDING RECORDS EXISTING in the Registered Voter List. Derivation: As we’re now in the early voting period for the VA April 21 2026 Special Election regarding the […]Jonathan Lareau
- 2026 VA April 21 Special Election DAL File Metrics March 7, 2026Below you will find the current summary data and graphics from the 2026 VA April 21 Special Election Daily Absentee List files. We pull the DAL file everyday and track the count of each specific ballot category in each daily file. It should be noted that EPEC strongly encourages voters to make their voices heard […]Jonathan Lareau