Sorry to see the American Enterprise Institute/Brookings Institution Election Reform Project come to a close.  There was always interesting information in their newsletters, which I hope will remain online.

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First, as NLS reports, the GOP continues their efforts to make voting harder — in this case, by requiring people who don’t have IDs to vote a provisional ballot, and, presumably then have to defend their vote at the canvass the day after the election  (HB 948).  For the past century, Virginia’s problem has been [...]

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If we want to keep moving Virginia forward, we need to elect Creigh Deeds as Governor, Jody Wagner as Lt. Governor, Steve Shannon as Attorney General, and Democrats to the House of Delegates this tuesday.  Make sure voters know where to go to vote by checking the OFA Site and please help volunteer to Get Out [...]

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Here is my list of 10 blogs that do a fine job of covering party rules and related election law issues: Nate Silver’s fivethirtyeight.com Dem Con Watch Frontloading Blog The Green Papers Cal Tech’s Election Updates    Rick Hasen’s Election Law Blog Edward Still’s Blog on politics and law  The Forum – A peer reviewed journal of [...]

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The DPVA has endorsed a number of proposals pending in the Virginia General assembly to make voting easier and fairer.  See Dec. 8, 2008 entry on this site.  Things are now moving quickly in Richmond.   New Era for Virginia, an excellent non-partisan organization, has been following these bills closely.   See New Era proposals.  For updates, [...]

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As indicated in today’s press release: COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Office of the Governor Timothy M. Kaine                                         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      Governor                                                          January 7, 2009 Contact:                 Gordon Hickey Phone:                   (804) 225-4260 Cell Phone:           (804) 291-8977 Internet:                www.governor.virginia.gov GOVERNOR KAINE ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO EXPAND ABSENTEE VOTING ~ Legislation will allow all voters to cast an absentee ballot [...]

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TUESDAY, November 4th, Polls open from 6 am to 7 pm.  We are looking forward to a historic and potentially glorious election day, but with a record number of voters, there may be a few problems.  Some thoughts: Get the job done, but stay cool. Make sure that you are registered and you know where you vote – check with the [...]

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Many people, including those living in Northern Virginia who will be out of the county at work for 11 hours on election day, can vote absentee, including voting “absentee in person” at the Courthouse or special locations.  If you are eligible, you should vote now to make sure your vote counts.  By the way, ALL absentee votes [...]

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