Our analysis of Virginia’s voter-registration files finds odd patterns of voter-registration spikes in five-year intervals, and spikes of first-time registrations of elderly voters that defies statistics.

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 — and is a quantum leap

From EPEC Team Newsletter: The National Voter Registration Act mandates that voting records be available to the public or qualified groups at a “reasonable” cost. Federal court rulings in Illinois, Maryland, and Virginia from 2012 (Project Vote/Voting for America, Inc. v. Long) have affirmed the intent of section 8 of the NVRA. It says: States The sudden shift brings the Commonwealth’s election department closer to the spirit and the letter of the National Voter Registration Act.

Virginia’s 2025 general election candidates are set in the off-year election after the June primary election Tuesday; absentee ballots are still being finalized this week. In the Democrat statewide primary races, state senator Ghazala Hashmi squeaked out the nomination for lieutenant governor among a crowded field by just over 3,500 votes ahead of Levar Stoney.

From EPECTeam newsletter: Virginia voters and election officials around the Commonwealth are heading into the last two weeks of its 45-day early voting stretch before the June 17th Primary Election. The results will finalize statewide candidates for Attorney General, Lt. Governor ahead of the gubernatorial election in the fall, and decide who controls Virginia’s assembly. After the June 17 primary, 11th Congressional district holds a special election, before the general election to decide the next governor. It’s a voting marathon.

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 the process. The anomaly in

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 get moving on changing the EAC has the authority under HAVA to change the federal voter registration form on its own to require 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 that pauses the Election Assistance

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 vendors with security standards, the

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. The results are part of