Category: Electoral process
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One Step Closer to Mob Rule
by Kerry Dougherty Of all the bad bills signed into law by Gov. Abigail Spanberger this week – and there are an abundance – perhaps the worst is the law that commits Virginia to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. With her signature this week, Virginia became the 18th state to violate Article II of…
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Evidence of Intent
by James C. Sherlock Evidence of intentional wrongdoing by specific nursing home chains operating in Virginia is hiding in plain sight. The huge gaps and consistent trends in each exhibit below cannot be attributed to happenstance. It reflects business models rigorously applied. The numbered exhibits draw entirely on a single Center for Medicare & Medicaid…
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April 21: District Madness
by Gordon C. Morse The “Yes” and “No” signs on the April 21 referendum to amend Virginia’s Constitution are getting mixed up with the “Yes” and “No” signs on the data centers. It’s all very confusing. And not. The answer on overhauling Virginia’s congressional districts is “No.” Just go in there and vote “No” and…
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Hakeem Jeffries Now in for $33 Million to Gerrymander Virginia
Point of reference: Candidates in hotly contested House races typically spend $8 million to $15 million, according to CoPilot AI.
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Why Democrats Should Bail out Spanberger on April 21
by Paul Goldman If the current polls showing a close contest are correct, history says the redistricting referendum will be defeated. As a general rule, support for a controversial referendum diminishes as election day approaches. This is due to the unique dynamics of issue referendum politics: if the polls showing the pro-side lead barely higher than the statistical…
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Mailing It In
by Dick Hall-Sizemore In Virginia, there is “no-excuse” absentee voting by mail. Any registered vote can cast a ballot by mail. Furthermore, if a voter chooses to mail the absentee ballot to the registrar, it will be counted as long as it is received by the general registrar’s office by noon on the third day following…
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Youngkin Blasts Spanberger for “Blatant Lie” On Gerrymander
by Scott Dreyer Former Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), usually known for his mild-mannered demeanor, broke with decorum and accused current Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger of lying in her support for a “yes” vote in the current election to redraw Congressional lines. On March 25, Spanberger appeared in this commercial, calling on Virginians to vote “yes” in the election currently…
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Democrats: Trust the Machines
In a blow to election integrity, HB968 will ban hand counting ballots in almost all cases. by Jacob Grandstaff With Democrats controlling the legislature and the Governor’s mansion under Abigail Spanberger, Virginia is on the verge of enacting an election bill that requires machine-counting and restricts hand-counting to cases when a machine scanner is broken…
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Redistricting Unfairness Started in Democrat- Controlled New York, Not Texas
The problem isn’t Republican states, but Democratic states where unfairness has prevailed for so long that Democrats cannot recognize the word fair anymore. by Shaun Kenney Tension between Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger and the renegades in the Democratic-controlled General Assembly is flaring up yet again, only this time it isn’t taxing data centers to death but taxing Virginia’s…
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Stacking the Deck for Dems and Incumbents
The mechanics of Virginia’s proposed mid-decade redistricting create obstacles for underdogs running for Congress. by Ken Reid There are various reasons for defeating the April 21 referendum to allow the Democrat-controlled General Assembly to redraw Virginia’s 11 U.S. house districts to give them a 10-1 advantage vs. 6-5 in the Nov. 3 congressional midterm elections.…
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Why Virginia’s Radical Redistricting Attempt is Mobilizing Gen Z
A blatant Democrat gerrymander is causing Zoomers to get active in politics. by Drew DiMeglio Virginia is the latest in a large line of states pursuing mid-decade redistricting efforts. That’s where the similarities end. Unlike states whose state legislatures draw congressional lines, Virginia has a bipartisan redistricting commission formed of 16 citizens and lawmakers whose…
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Stealing an Election as We Watch
Spanberger to Biden: “You think you know how to steal an election? Hold my chablis, and watch what I can do.” by John A. Lucas The Phony Moderate, Governor Abigail Spanberger, and her Democrat allies are trying to steal an election. But not just a single election. That would be child’s play. Their play is…
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No, Senator. Virginia Does Not Require Photo ID to Vote
by Kerry Dougherty Let’s stop kidding ourselves and each other about voter ID. And, yes, I AM talking to you Sen. Mark Warner. Virginia does not – I repeat – does not have voter ID. No matter what our bloviating senator may say about Virginia being a model for the nation. Fact is, although we’re…
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Virginia Redistricting: Swallow Hard–But Vote “Yes”
by David J. Toscano If a car runs a red light and is about to hit you, you don’t just complain that the driver violated the rules–you do something! When Texas and other Republican legislatures across the country, at Donald Trump’s request, enacted unprecedented mid-decade redistrictings designed to ensure GOP control of the U.S. House…
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Say NO to Deceptive Ads
What’s this? Governor Abigail Spanberger opposes the gerrymandering amendment to the state constitution? That’s sure what it looks like in this mailer from the Justice for Democracy PAC that arrived in my mailbox yesterday. The flier never actually says that she opposes the amendment, which is slated for a referendum vote in April. Indeed, look…