Virginia new voter registrations were down slightly in 2020 from 2016. An increase in new online registrations almost made up for a decrease in new paper registrations
Virginia extended its deadline for the receipt of mail ballots (postmarked by Election Day). 10,901 mail ballots were received in the extended period. 2,063 mail ballots were received after the deadline and were rejected
Between Election Day and Virginia's mail ballot return deadline, 194 mail ballots were returned with no postmark and 36 had an illegible postmark
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There really is a simple answer to this problem: don’t invite liars on to your programs. Republicans are now in the minority. There is no news value of having them on to spout and mainstream conspiracy theories
I think the media is broken. And that is it. There is no both sides about the election outcome. Inviting guests on to shows to spout conspiracy theories has downstream effects that are destroying peoples' lives, all for a few more clicks and eyeballs
North Carolina party registration changes over past week
Rep -> something else
3,007
Dem -> something else
667
Most of these changes are to Unaffiliated
Rep -> Unaffiliated
2,650
Dem -> Unaffiliated
484
These statewide changes appear to confirm anecdotes of persons changing their party registration newsweek.com/swing-states-r…
Hard to gauge the significance of these party registration changes. On one hand, they're a small proportion of the 8.2 million NC registered voters. On the other, changing party registration is not a common thing, so they may represent stronger undercurrents
More anecdotal reports that following last week, registered Republicans are changing their registration to something else sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/…
If these reports turn out to be true and substantial, the downstream effect of disgusted persons abandoning the Republican Party will be elected Republicans will feel more primary election pressure from extreme elements of their voters. This won't necessarily help moderation
Breaking news: the Trump campaign has voluntarily withdrawn a challenge in Georgia state court to the presidential election (Trump v Raffensperger). I was scheduled to testify tomorrow for intervenors in support of the state defendants
I have been involved in several successful election lawsuits against the GA Secretary of State's office. It felt odd to be testifying in defense of them, and for them to welcome my assistance. Trump has a way of bringing people together :)
Not sure if @marceelias gets to count this one. I don't think the judge had yet ruled if they would be allowed to intervene
We have a week and a day to go. What seems likely at this point is fewer people will vote early than in the general, which is expected since run-off elections tend to have lower turnout and there were three fewer days of in-person early voting with the holidays
What does this mean for Election Day voters? If the three fewer in-person days affected early turnout, perhaps Election Day will be a greater share of the overall electorate. 1) the ratio of early to Election Day is off plus 2) some people who might vote early vote Election Day