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Super Tuesday, the biggest primary election day of the 2024 cycle, has arrived and voters in 16 states and one U.S. territory are casting their ballots. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennet host PBS NewsHour's special coverage with our panel of…
Preserving Democracy reached out to PBS reporters in several Super Tuesday states to hear key takeaways from the experts who regularly cover these communities. Here are their findings.
Virginia becomes the latest GOP-governed state to quit a voter data partnership Virginia is the eighth state to leave the bipartisan ERIC compact amid fringe conservative reports and conspiracy theories attempting to connect the system to liberal activists. Photo by…
Off-cycle elections like those held in New Jersey, Maine, Virginia and several other states this year routinely see less than a 25% voter turnout.
Virginia State Police and state election officials have prepared a plan for determining whether voters who use Virginia’s same-day voter registration were mistakenly removed from the rolls.
Eleven people are vying to serve four-year terms on the board, which is currently made up of two Democrats and three Republicans. Among those, three female candidates aim to diversify the current all-male board.
Virginia reinstates nearly 3,400 voters after accidental purge The total is more than 10 times the initial estimate provided by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office. In a letter to the ACLU of Virginia earlier this week, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s secretary of…
Virginia announces new, post ERIC voter data agreements The state says it’s taking steps toward more reliable voter rolls but some voting experts and Democrats disagree. Susan Beals, Virginia Department of Elections commissioner, attends an Aug. 15 meeting at the…
Virginia in talks with Ohio, Florida, Texas, in new voter fraud initiative Emails obtained using public records request show the states have the long-term goal of developing a centralized data sharing partnership to prevent voter fraud. Virginia Commissioner of Elections…
Former President Trump was indicted on criminal charges by a New York grand jury in the hush money case involving former adult film star Stormy Daniels. This is the same case for which former Trump attorney Michael Cohen was indicted,…