From the EPEC Team Newsletter: Virginia’s Board of Elections is enjoined from certifying the April 21 Special Election votes by the Friday deadline — per Tuesday’s order by the Supreme Court of VA. Will the whole thing be thrown out as a lower court has already ruled? That’s the speculation…...
Back to Court for VA’s Confused Special Election
From the EPEC Team Newsletter: Virginia’s April 21 Special Election on redistricting is far from settled — even before the Virginia Supreme Court takes up legal challenges to the vote after a Tazewell County Judge ruled that the referendum itself is unconstitutional and void. The unofficial numbers from the election…...
Record Mail-in Ballots, Big Spikes, in VA Redistricting Vote
From EPEC Team Newsletter: Virginia Special Election Early Voting Report Half of Mail-in Ballots Still ‘Out’ — Big Spikes Incoming By the time this special election wraps the counting on whether to allow Assembly Democrats to draw partisan congressional maps to a gerrymandered 10-1 (D-R) [“yes”] or to keep the…...
Amid Litigation, VA Elections Dept. Preps for Redistricting Vote
From EPEC Team Newsletter: Lynchburg court says it will issue new injunction by Monday if Supreme Court of VA doesn’t weigh in soon on a Tazewell Court’s restraining order. A temporary restraining order by Tazewell District Court on Feb. 19, and appeal by the Commissioner of Elections notwithstanding, localities across…...
VA General Election DAL Stats
- 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 the data provided by the VA Department of Elections (ELECT), we have identified at least 8,566 unique registrations that were self-identified as […]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
- 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