Here is what is outstanding in Prince Wm:
ELECTION DAY VOTES:
Rural/Suburban (4 precincts)
Prince Wm (18 precincts)
EARLY VOTES:
26,326 in PrinceWm
3,463 in F'burg
bit.ly/3UlW2ln In VA07, @SpanbergerVA07 would need to win about 60% of the outstanding early votes to pass @yestoyesli. (Note, the unknown number of election-day votes from 22 precincts also will factor into the results.) MORE->

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A sad note on the decline of local newspapers: @NewsInTheBurg has one of the nation's marque congressional elections taking place in its Fredericksburg circulation area. But the one-mighty daily has mustered only 1 article about the VA07 race. Journalism is a hobby that newspapers can no longer afford.

Early voting thread: Statewide, some 928,681 early ballots were cast through yesterday's deadline. See the totals, timeline from your locality -> bit.ly/3RpDI8B #Virginia #2022midterms The final Saturday total was 60,770 in-person ballots, roughly one-third fewer than last year's 97,709. MORE -->

In hopes of avoiding big, late-night blocks of votes that can cause sudden shifts in election results, @vaELECT issued guidance Friday to local registrars that, if followed, should result in reporting absentee precincts earlier in the night on Tuesday. MORE-> #Virginia registrars were advised that immediately after the polls close at 7 pm election night to hit the button to initiate vote counting on machines used for in-person early voting (which would have ended the previous Saturday, 11/5). MORE->

For years we’ve been posting early voting numbers, but – honestly - we have no idea what the data means. We’ve looked, but have found no academic studies on a possible correlation between early voting and turnout and/or partisan performance. MORE --> Drawing any conclusions is particularly hard this year. Rules have changed, making early voting more convenient. Republicans have embraced early in-person voting. Then there’s the pandemic which is changing voting methods during the last two years in unpredictable ways. MORE->

Who is behind this mystery group sending out last-minute mailings that bash @TerryMcAuliffe and urge voters to support @PrinBlandingVA? There is no record of "Our First Principles Fund" registering as a PAC with @vaELECT or @FEC MORE --> A group with that name registered as a corporation with the Delaware in February.

If draft maps drawn for the Redistricting Commission are any indication, several hundred thousand Virginians (see gray areas below) could end up in newly created state Senate districts with no incumbent living within the boundaries. MORE --> To avoid constituents going without representation until the next Senate general election in November 2023, the new districts will have a delayed effective date. Virginians will be continue to represent by their current Senators until January 2024. MORE -->

This year, #Virginia Republicans seeking to beat Democrats at their own game. After week 1, early, in-person voting in 3 of the biggest red counties (Augusta, Bedford, Rockingham) has exceeded the total for entire 2017 campaign. vpap.org/elections/earl… Here's the link to our Early Voting Dashboard. -> bit.ly/3kzkIoi You can select a city or county and see the early voting trends in your community.

VPAP has analysis of 1st effort by the GOP and Democratic consultants retained by the #Redistricting Commission to draw a unified map. It cover 4 state Senate districts in far Southwest #Virginia. bit.ly/39xtgsg Follow this thread for analysis --> The mapmakers would pair two incumbents (Democrat John Edwards and Republican Dave Suetterlein) into the same Roanoke-centric district.