by MCDC | Nov 13, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
From Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest Some comical conservative misunderstandings over the population density of Virginia counties have yielded a positive result: a new spate of attention to cartograms, a type of map that, by deliberately deforming geographic...
by MCDC | Nov 12, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Mark Herring’s statistically miniscule edge over Mark Obenshain in the attorney general race grew to 163 votes Tuesday evening as a midnight deadline approached for localities to finish counting ballots and report their tallies to the state. That updated count...
by MCDC | Nov 12, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
Democratic state Sen. Mark R. Herring took the lead in the extraordinarily tight Virginia attorney general race Monday evening, after he picked up more than 100 previously uncounted votes in Richmond. Herring had started the day trailing his Republican opponent, state...
by MCDC | Nov 11, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
Legal wrangling is a given during any recount, but Virginia Republicans got off to an early start over the weekend, potentially exploiting the state’s new voter ID law to cast aside likely Democratic votes. The vast majority of Virginia’s votes had already...
by MCDC | Nov 8, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
A tip-of-the-hat to Marilyn P The Fairfax County Electoral Board is investigating a possible irregularity in the number of absentee ballots cast in Virginia’s largest jurisdiction that Democrats say could shift votes in the still-unresolved race for Virginia attorney...
by MCDC | Nov 5, 2013 | Madison County, Uncategorized, Virginia Election 2013
Official results available soon Madison County Board of SupervisorsCandidateVotesPercentKevin K. McGhee2,45825.16%R. Clay Jackson2,01720.64%R. W. “Bill” Campbell, Jr.1,86319.07%Jerry J. Butler1,83518.78%James D. “Dave” Allen...
