Early voting in Virginia’s June 17 primary election is about a week in and already some odd data points are popping up, such as more than 65,000 Republican primary ballots that appear to be have been deleted so far. That is a higher than usual number at this point in…...
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…...
‘Judicial Coup’ Lands Between EAC and Proof of Citizenship
From EPECTeam Newsletter: District Court judge issues ‘pause’ on parts of election integrity Executive Order that adds documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote — just as EAC is gathering to take up the EO. Election integrity movement officials are scratching their heads over a federal court ruling…...
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…...
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…...
‘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…...
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 General Election DAL Stats
- 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
- Non-citizen registrations with previous voting history in VA election data – update Jan 2026 January 21, 2026We have updated our previous analysis (see March 2024, July 2024, Sept 2024, Oct 2024, Nov 2024, Dec 2024, March 2025 and August 2025 posts) with the latest information from the VA Department of Elections data. Abstract: Using the data provided by the VA Department of Elections (ELECT), we have identified at least 7,343 unique registrations that were self-identified as “Declared Non-Citizen” […]Jonathan Lareau
- 2025 VA November General Election DAL File Metrics September 20, 2025Below you will find the current summary data and graphics from the 2024 VA November General 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: Place […]Jonathan Lareau
- Potential Duplicate Registrations in VA Voter List – August 2025 August 10, 2025I previously had put together analysis that utilized the full name and date of birth information from the Virginia Registered Voter List (“RVL”) in order to look for duplicate registrations, either exact matches or by using a string distance measure (the Levenshtein distance) to accommodate for typos, abbreviations, and mis-spellings. Just prior to the start […]Jonathan Lareau