#post_excerptAbsentee-ballot requests, broken out by military and ‘overseas citizens,’ show a surge in requests from non-military voters compared to 2020 voter data in Virginia.

By Erin Marie Joyce, EPEC Voter News Progressive-aligned media outlets often claim (without citation) that non-citizens who vote illegally “almost never happens.” Virginia’s own Dept. of Elections records say otherwise. Electoral boards are taking action to investigate. The largest county’s electoral board is the latest. It is now sending to Virginia’s Attorney General and Fairfax

From EPEC Voter Newsletter: Three items to cover: —Early Voting Starts Friday, Sept. 20 in Virginia —Fairfax County Election Board Takes Action on Noncitizens Voting —The New DemTech Pollbook Provider? Virginia’s 45-Day Voting Stretch Begins Early voting started today (Sept. 20) in for Virginia’s 2024 Presidential Election, concluding on Nov. 2nd before Nov. 5th — EPEC Team’s volunteer CTO, Jon Lareau, has recently published updated analysis and research into recent lists of declared noncitizens who appear to have a voting history.

Exclusive: New e-mail releases show that election officials were aware of the risks back in April about DemTech’s murky status as a provider of pollbook software for voting. A major vendor of electronic poll book software across Virginia appears to have violated state certification standards after it abruptly ended support agreements in early 2024 with A major vendor of electronic poll book software across Virginia appears to have violated state certification standards after it abruptly ended support agreements in early 2024 with localities across the Commonwealth.

From EPEC Team Voter News: Three weeks before the start of early voting in Virginia’s 2024 presidential election, the Department of Elections has thrown voter-participation groups into a scramble by suddenly removing full date of birth in official registered voter lists. The reasoning cited a Virginia statute that says voter-data files must be encrypted to Three weeks before the start of early voting in Virginia’s 2024 presidential election, the Department of Elections has thrown voter-participation groups into a scramble by suddenly removing full date of birth in official registered voter lists.

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From the EPEC Team Newsletter: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order about election security – including removing noncitizens from voter rolls – made a splash this week with election watchers around the nation. Executive Order 35 recounts the administration’s modernization of election systems it has undertaken in the past few years. The additional detail, however, EPEC Executive Director, Jon Lareau, who leads the all-volunteer EPEC Team of data analysts and voter-participation efforts, renewed his offer to the Governor’s office and the Commissioner of Elections to assist in voter database analysis techniques.

From the EPEC Team Newsletter: Yes, Virginia, we have noncitizens on voter rolls. And yes, noncitizens were voting for years before they removed themselves from Virginia’s voter rolls, according to Dept. of Election data and EPEC Team analysis. That’s an ongoing problem. But that’s not all. Localities and counties still show out-of-staters in “active” status Yes, Virginia, we have noncitizens on voter rolls. And yes, noncitizens were voting for years before they removed themselves from Virginia’s voter rolls, according to Dept. of Election data and EPEC Team analysis.

Analysis by Rick Naigle, Senior Analyst, EPEC Voter News: EPEC Team data analysts reviewed voting data from the June 18th Primary election and found serious discrepancies. There is still time to fix the problems before November. Virginia’s 2020 election experience during the COVID-driven shift to mail-in ballots was marred by allegations of mail-in ballot fraud, EPEC Team analysts found serious discrepancies in voting data from the June 18th Primary election. Virginia still has time to fix the problems before November.

From EPEC Team Newsletter: Expect a Recount and More in VA’s Republican CD 5 Primary, Local Races U.S. Senate Race is set, Other Congressional Races Why Gov. Youngkin’s EO on Voter Roll Improvements Matters 1. Accusations Flying, Recount Expected in VA 5 Republican Congressional Primary It’s a nail-biter of a Republican House primary race amid