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EAC Faces Key Deadlines for Election Security

From EPEC Team Newsletter: If the past five years have taught election integrity groups from both ends of the political spectrum anything, it is this: Machines and equipment used in United States elections are in need of a quantum leap forward in security features. The vehicle for assisting states and…...

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Barely Out of ‘Tweens,’ Registered to Vote?

EPEC Team Newsletter: By Law, Voters Must Be At Least Sixteen (16) Years Of Age When They Register To Vote; We See Evidence Of Voters Registering Under Age 16; Are Flawed Processes To Blame? This week EPEC Team is publishing a series of analyses that look into voter-list management processes.…...

Chart depicts noncitizens removed from voter rolls in Virginia between May 2023 and March 2025, and which localities show a pattern of voting by noncitizens, despite being ineligible to vote.

House SAVE Act is Major Reform to ‘Motor Voter’ with Proof of Citizenship

EPEC Team Newsletter: The bill would need to be attached to other legislation in the Senate to make citizenship proof the law when registering to vote. Plus, DNI drops a bombshell over election security investigations. The second time is the charm for the SAVE Act, H.R. 22, that requires proof…...

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VA Voter-Registration Changes Up For 2025 Elections

From EPEC Team newsletter: Bills are a response to Virginia’s Same Day Registration chaos in 2024. EPEC’s roundup looks at election bills the governor signed, and ones that met the veto pen. Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed two bills this week that provide Virginia citizens (especially college students) more time to…...

Chart shows number of voter registrations in Virginia by locality that appear to be duplicates, based on full name and year of birth. (Source: VA Dept. of Elections)

‘ELECT’ to Return DOB Data to Compliance

From EPEC Team Newsletter: In a win for transparency in elections and voter-roll accuracy, Virginia’s Dept. of Elections (‘ELECT’) has apparently agreed to return full month and birth dates to voter-registration lists as required under federal statute. The development comes after ELECT abruptly began withholding full date-of-birth data from client-service…...

Chart shows differences between Early Voting totals reported from Dept. of Election's 13 Jan 2025 presentation compared to final DAL totals issued by Department of Elections on 19 Nov 2024.

Why Don’t ’24 Early Voting Totals Add Up?

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EPEC Survey: VA Election Officials Urge Changes to Same Day Registration

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DOJ Withdraws Voter-List Maintenance Case Against VA

The Trump administration’s Department of Justice filed a motion this week to withdraw from a lawsuit the Biden DOJ had filed against Virginia to stop it from conducting voter-list maintenance under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). (See the brief motion here.) Courthouse News reported that U.S. District Court Judge…...

Same Day Registration Fixes on VA Docket

From EPEC Team Newsletter: Virginia’s General Assembly is considering remedies to Same Day Registration (SDR) chaos from the 2024 presidential election that allowed ineligible ballots to count. At least two bills in circulation appear to be addressing the problem by providing more time for regular registration before Election Day.…...

VA ’24 Election Snowed by SDR Chaos

From EPEC Team Newsletter: Virginia’s experiment with its Same Day Registration statute, which went into effect in 2022, met its first major stress test during the 2024 Presidential Election. Based on logs available so far, this much of a partial verdict is in: SDR voters overwhelmed many precincts during early…...

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EAC Faces Key Deadlines for Election Security

Barely Out of ‘Tweens,’ Registered to Vote?

House SAVE Act is Major Reform to ‘Motor Voter’ with Proof of Citizenship

VA Voter-Registration Changes Up For 2025 Elections

‘ELECT’ to Return DOB Data to Compliance

Why Don’t ’24 Early Voting Totals Add Up?

EPEC Survey: VA Election Officials Urge Changes to Same Day Registration

DOJ Withdraws Voter-List Maintenance Case Against VA

Same Day Registration Fixes on VA Docket

VA ’24 Election Snowed by SDR Chaos

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VA ’24 Election Snowed by SDR Chaos