Some free speech advocates want to know how things go if you wear an Obama T-shirt or a McCain button to the polls on Tuesday.  As you have no doubt heard, the State Board of Elections says it is against ...

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Trust us, you don’t want to know the details, although we have the opinion of Attorney General Bob McDonnell on the interplay of state and federal election laws as they pertain to overseas military voters. The bottom line: Federal law ...

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The Virginia NAACP has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Richmond demanding that the federal government be put in charge of the Nov. 4 election in Virginia. The complaint, naming Gov. Kaine as a defendant, alleges that the state ...

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With the commonwealth’s 13 electoral votes up for grabs this year, Virginia voters don’t have to watch the campaign from afar, as in years past.  Barack Obama turned the Roanoke Civic Center into a tent revival today for about 6,500 ...

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While the candidates work for votes in Virginia, caravans of vendors follow the candidates, selling a vast array of campaign paraphernalia.  Dozens of vendors outside the Barack Obama rally in Roanoke today offered everything from stickers and buttons to “Obama ...

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A candidate for mayor of Virginia Beach is under fire for using a slightly modified version of the city seal on his campaign literature.  The city clerk sent an e-mail to the campaign office of Scott Taylor: “The Virginia Beach ...

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With thousands of new voters adding their names to the voter rolls across the country, it’s not hard to imagine a few election law disputes blooming on election day and afterward.  When judges look for legal authority on how to ...

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Former Del. C. Richard Cranwell is considering a run for Virginia lieutenant governor, he confirmed today. Cranwell (left), chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia, said he is only “mulling around the possiblity” and preferred to avoid any public mention ...

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An organization that sought to register new voters in Hampton may be rethinking its incentive package for canvassers. According to this story from the Daily Press, the nonprofit group paid young workers to sign up new voters, but only if ...

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Indictments returned this week against four people in a vote fraud case are only part of a long-running investigation of alleged corruption in the Wise County town of St. Paul. The Bristol Herald Courier has details. Consider it a study ...

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