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5 days ago · Virginia Mercury is a nonpartisan news organization that covers state politics, policy and issues. Read the latest stories on elections, environment, education, health, transportation and more.
Early voting in Virginia dips below 2020 levels as parties push for ...
2 days ago · One day before the presidential election, early voting turnout in Virginia is falling short of the historic highs seen in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Sunday, more than 2.29 million Virginians have already cast their ballots — a 525,000 decrease from the unprecedented 2.82 million early votes cast by Nov. 3, 2020, …
Purged Virginia voters say experience has been ‘worrying’
1 day ago · Lynchburg resident Nadra Wilson was trying to be proactive this summer by renewing her driver’s license months ahead of its December expiration. As a longtime voter and Virginia resident of almost a decade, she never suspected she would be removed from the state’s voter rolls due to a paperwork ...
Should legislators tweak Virginia’s 2006 voter roll law for more ...
6 days ago · Virginia officials have asked the United States Supreme Court to block a lower court’s ruling that roughly 1,600 people purged from voter rolls by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order must be reinstated. Two lawsuits allege that Youngkin’s order violated federal law by removing voters from ...
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Virginia asks Supreme Court to block order to reinstate 1600 …
Oct 28, 2024 · On Monday, Virginia filed an emergency stay asking the Supreme Court to block a federal court’s order for the state to add 1,600 people back to the voter rolls.The removals stemmed from an executive order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and are at the center of two lawsuits the state is facing from voter rights groups and the U.S. Department of Justice.
A GOP-dominated Supreme Court resuscitates Youngkin’s late …
5 days ago · The court’s two-thirds majority of Republican-appointed justices (three by former President and current GOP nominee Donald Trump) granted a stay that Virginia’s Republican-led executive branch sought, after federal district and appellate courts temporarily voided Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s order 90 days before the election to purge Virginia voter rolls.
Virginia GOP calls on U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Youngkin’s …
Oct 29, 2024 · The Republican Party of Virginia has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order removing approximately 6,000 Virginians from the voter rolls, filing an amicus brief on Tuesday in support of the governor’s efforts. The party’s brief reached the court one day after Virginia filed an emergency stay asking the Supreme […]
Va. immigrants want candidate support: ‘We’re here to pave way …
1 day ago · Virginia U.S. Senate candidates Tim Kaine, the two-term incumbent, and Hung Cao shared their opposing views on immigration at the Oct. 2 debate, held at Norfolk State University. “Immigration reform might be the one best thing that can be done by Congress to expand the American economy,” Democratic candidate Kaine said at the debate.
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Oct 28, 2024 · Virginia Mercury is a nonpartisan news site that covers state and national topics, from education and environment to elections and health. Read commentary from experts and journalists on topics such as FEMA funds, sewage sludge, …