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Clean Sweep
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 came...
Another Health Insurer Caught Falsely Cancelling Thousands of Health Plans
Following the report that Insurer Humana was fined $65,000 in Kentucky for sending out 6,500 misleading cancellation letters for low-premiums plans only to be automatic re-enrollment in high cost plans before these customers were given a chance to shop on the open...
Coalfields Expressway: Rally to Stop the Hijack
The Federal Highway Administration is preparing to seal the fate of the Coalfields Expressway project and they need to hear directly from you that this project is nothing more than a mountaintop removal project being disguised as a highway. Please join us in...
Every Vote Counts (Some Restrictions Apply)
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...
Virginia Republicans Change Vote-Counting Rules While Counting Votes
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 been...
A Senator Said Voter Registration Was ‘Confusing.’ Watch A 12-Year-Old Clear That Up For Him
12-year-old Madison Kimrey of Burlington founded NC Youth Rocks after the North Carolina legislature passed voting restriction laws targeting young people, women, minorities, and the poor. The...
Virginia Attorney General Race Upended
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...
Madison County Local Contests (Unofficial Results)
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 IV1,57216.09%Write-in260.27% Madison...
Cuccinelli “Perfectly Happy With” Government Shutdown
"Ken Cuccinelli may want Virginians to forget the detrimental impacts of the shutdown and his support for shutdown architect Ted Cruz, but voters won't soon forget that Cuccinelli sided with the Tea Party against Virginia families," said DPVA Spokesperson Brian Coy....
Nice Work If You Can Get It
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (VA-7) just announced that House Republicans plan to work a grand total of 113 days next year. In other words, less than half as many as everyone else with a job..
