Posts Tagged Voting Process
Voting in a Pandemic: Should Virginia Move to Mail-In Ballots?
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on April 7, 2020
Should election officials in Virginia move to a system of mail-in ballots? The pandemic is raising new questions about how ballots are cast. Michael Pope reports.
Beyer and Other House Democrats Are Pushing Ranked Choice Voting
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on September 23, 2019
Should voters have more choices when they are at the polls? One Virginia congressman wants to create a new system of ranked choice voting. Michael Pope reports.
Debate Surrounding the Voting Process in Virginia Remains
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 15, 2017
Congressman Gerry Connolly, seen here at an election party last November, believes the voting process is broken. (Credit: Steve Helber / AP)
Do election officials have the equipment they need to prevent voters waiting in line for hours on end? One Virginia congressman says no, and he has a plan to fix it. But as Michael Pope reports, that plan may be headed for the same gridlock that confronts other changes to voting systems.
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From NPR News- How The Coronavirus Has Affected Individual Members Of Congress September 21, 2020Congress saw its first two members enter self-quarantine on March 8. Later that month, seven members tested positive or were presumed so and dozens more were quarantined. The ranks have since grown.
- Trump Says He Plans To Announce Supreme Court Pick Friday Or Saturday September 21, 2020The president said he is looking at five potential nominees to fill the seat left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
- Coronavirus World Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Outbreak September 21, 2020A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed thousands of people.
- Coronavirus Maps: How Severe Is Your State's Outbreak? September 21, 2020View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.
- Latest Tell-All, By Former National Security Adviser McMaster, Is Not All About Trump September 21, 2020This book may be the master in-depth briefing H.R. McMaster always wanted to give the president. For better or worse, it seems listening to lengthy historical explanations has not been Trump's style.
- How The Coronavirus Has Affected Individual Members Of Congress September 21, 2020
- From BBC News
- UK could face 50,000 cases a day by mid-October without action September 21, 2020"Speed" and "action" are required to halt the rise in cases, the UK's chief scientific adviser warns.
- Covid lockdown for Newport, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent September 21, 2020Newport, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent face new restrictions from 18:00 BST on Tuesday.
- Global shares fall as lockdown fears hit leisure sector September 21, 2020Shares in the US and Europe fall sharply but supermarkets and food delivery firms buck the trend.
- FinCEN Files: Tory donor Lubov Chernukhin linked to $8m Putin ally funding September 20, 2020Leaked files show Lubov Chernukhin's husband was secretly funded by a Russian oligarch.
- Ellen DeGeneres: Humbled host returns to TV with apology and admission September 21, 2020The TV host opens the new series of her talk show by addressing allegations of a toxic workplace.
- UK could face 50,000 cases a day by mid-October without action September 21, 2020
