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Fairfax EB Investigating Noncitizens with Voting History in Virginia

September 21, 2024

By Erin Marie Joyce, EPEC Voter News Progressive-aligned media outlets often claim (without citation) that non-citizens who vote illegally “almost never happens.” Virginia’s own Dept. of Elections records say otherwise.…

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Fairfax EB Refers Noncitizens on Voter Rolls to AG

September 20, 2024

From EPEC Voter Newsletter: Three items to cover: —Early Voting Starts Friday, Sept. 20 in Virginia —Fairfax County Election Board Takes Action on Noncitizens Voting —The New DemTech Pollbook Provider?…

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VA Pollbook Changes Appear to Violate Election Certification

September 14, 2024

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…

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‘ELECT’ Removes Key Voter Data in Last-Minute Switch

August 29, 2024

From EPEC Team Voter News: Three weeks before the start of early voting in Virginia’s 2024 presidential election, the Department of Elections has thrown voter-participation groups into a scramble by…

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In Praise of Citizen Election Experts

August 26, 2024

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Youngkin’s Election EO Makes a Splash

August 9, 2024

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…

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Is VA’s ELECT Ignoring Voter-Roll Errors?

August 6, 2024

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…

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Is VA Ready for the 2024 General Election?

June 29, 2024

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…

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Absentee Ballot Controversy in VA’s CD-5 Primary

June 24, 2024

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…

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VA Election Bills Fell Short on Best Practices. They Were Vetoed

May 19, 2024

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)…

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