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Attorney General Mark R. Herring today wrote to key law enforcement and elections stakeholder organizations asking for their commitment to ensuring a safe, fair, free and accurate election, and outlining protections in state and federal law to prevent voter intimidation and harassment.
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Gov. Ralph Northam has signed 16 new laws coming out of the ongoing special session, and proposed changes to five bills that will support the Commonwealth’s ongoing COVID-19 response and advance criminal justice reform.
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Twenty years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath?” The answer, then and now, remains the same: None.
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A federal judge has approved a consent decree extending the voter registration deadline through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, on the heels of a registration system outage on Tuesday that lasted several hours.
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A lawsuit filed this afternoon asks a court to extend Virginia’s voter registration deadline 48 hours and requests that the state be required to make a significant effort to inform the public of this change.
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Political parties and candidates for office cannot use raffles to raise money under Virginia law, per an advisory opinion issued by Attorney General Mark Herring on Tuesday.
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John Lennon, born 80 years ago on October 9, 1940, was a musical genius and pop cultural icon.
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Staunton and Augusta County courts are closed through Wednesday due to a confirmed positive COVID-19 case among court staff.
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Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) today introduced the Protecting Our Students in Schools Act of 2020, legislation to eliminate the use of corporal punishment in our nation’s schools.
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You no doubt heard President Trump last night spinning wild conspiracy theories about voter fraud and urging his supporters to, ahem, make themselves seen at polling places. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring sure did.
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