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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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