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Sen. Mark Peake's bill was in reaction to postcards sent to teens offering outreach on sexual health questions as part of the Virginia Department of Health's "BrdsNBz" program.
“Election integrity,” meanwhile, was the theme of nearly all of the proposals from Republicans.
Sandy Hausman has that story. Last year’s election involved an unusually large number of absentee ballots that were not scanned before election night, which was why districts where Trump had been leading suddenly swung into the Biden column. Senator Creigh Deeds, a Democrat from Bath County, has proposed changes to Virginia's election laws. Credit Senate of Virginia “I think 61% of the people who voted on Election Day voted for President Trump," says state Senator Creigh Deeds. "65% of the people who voted absentee voted for President-elect Biden. There’s a perception of wrongdoing, o...
State lawmakers hoping to reform the way utilities work in Virginia suffered a defeat in the General Assembly this week, but they’re hoping for success
Virginia GOP delegates stripped of committees for claiming election fraud demand to be reinstated Gregory S. Schneider and Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post Jan. 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Virginia Del. Dave LaRock, a Republican, works in the House of Delegates in February 2019.Washington Post photo by Bill O'Leary RICHMOND, Va. - The state Senate took action Tuesday to sanction a Republican member who praised the U.S. Capitol rioters as "patriots," and two GOP members of the House of Delegates complained that their punishment for seeking to "nullify" the state's slate of presidential e...