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- November 1, 2024
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Hugh Hewitt Quits The Washington Post In Dramatic On-Air Moment

On Friday, conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt suddenly announced his resignation from The Washington Post. Hewitt, a conservative who hosts a nationally syndicated radio show, had been a contributing columnist for the newspaper since 2017. “I have in fact quit the Post but I was only writing a column for them every six weeks or so,” Hewitt told Fox News […]

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- October 30, 2024
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SCOTUS Sides With Virginia On Voter Rolls – Youngkin Responds

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision to allow Virginia to resume its efforts to remove more than 1,600 self-identified noncitizens from its voter rolls. This decision lifts a lower court order that had paused the program following a legal challenge from the U.S. Department of Justice, which argued that the removals could infringe upon voter […]

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- October 25, 2024
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Youngkin Vows To Battle Federal Order Reinstating Noncitizens On Virginia Voter Rolls

Just 11 days before the presidential election, a federal judge directed Virginia to reinstate individuals who had previously self-identified as noncitizens on the voter rolls. In response, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has stated his readiness to take the matter to the United States Supreme Court if necessary. The ruling came from U.S. District Judge […]

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- October 17, 2024
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Report: UK Labour Party Campaigning For Kamala Harris In Virginia

Just 18 days before the 2024 U.S. elections, scandalous reports have surfaced that nearly a hundred members of the U.K.’s Labour Party are actively campaigning on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris in key battleground states. The involvement of foreign nationals in the sacred election process has raised questions and sparked controversy on social media, with some users on X (formerly […]

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- October 12, 2024
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DOJ Takes Legal Action Against Virginia Over Voter Roll Purge: What’s Really Going On?

Under the direction of Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin via executive order, the commonwealth has removed thousands of noncitizens from its voter rolls, using DMV data to verify citizenship status. The Department of Justice is suing, arguing that it violates the Quiet Period Provision of the National Voter Registration Act requiring states to leave a 90 day […]

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- October 1, 2024
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DeSantis Appoints Special Prosecutor To Probe His Own Party

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed a special prosecutor to examine allegations of election fraud and improper campaign financing involving the Florida Keys Republican Party. The investigation stems from a controversial endorsement made by the Monroe County Republican Executive Committee in April. The complaint centers on the committee’s endorsement of Sherri Hodies, the committee’s treasurer, in her GOP […]

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- September 24, 2024
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Over 1,200 Noncitizens Got Onto Oregon’s Voter Rolls Since 2021

A recent audit uncovered that the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) mistakenly registered 1,259 noncitizens to vote over the past three years. The error has raised concerns about the integrity of the voter registration process, though officials say that noncitizen voting remains exceedingly rare in the state. Steps Taken to Address the Error Upon learning of the mistake, the […]

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- November 1, 2022
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Processing of 149,000 Virginia Voter Records Delayed

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The Virginia Department of Elections (ELECT) discovered 149,000 more voter transactions that got stuck in an online system between the Department of Motor Vehicles and local registrars who needed to process them. The Monday announcement comes just over a week before Election Day, and after the same problem caused delays in processing 107,000 transactions, discovered […]

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- July 3, 2022
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Virginia Ranks 43rd in Index Evaluating State Campaign Finance and Transparency Laws

Virginia ranks 43 – in the bottom 10 – in the 2022 State Campaign Finance Index, which ranks the 50 states plus Washington, D.C., based on state laws around campaign finance and funding transparency for state legislative and executive races. “How these races are financed and how much transparency is required are key to curbing […]

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- January 24, 2019
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Bill to Verify Voter Citizenship Advances out of Committee

Peake’s bill would use electronic databases maintained by the federal government to verify the citizenship of Virginia voters. He says it is a “common sense” measure to fight voter fraud which should be adopted, given the ease with which technology can verify citizenship.

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