The Norfolk Tea Party 2 is having a meeting Saturday morning (2/16) at 9am at The Banque at 1849 E. Little Creek Road. The results of the recent survey will be presented along with an update on the homestead exemption by Del. Paula Miller and Sen. Ralph Northam. Doors open at 8:30.
Day: February 15, 2008
Friday update (02/15): Verifiable voting
Weekly update of my legislative agenda issue. Also in the House P&E subcommittee on Elections this morning were some verifiable voting bills. I'm told that SB69, which would have allowed absentee voting without any reason, failed. SB62, which deals with registration receipts, passed the subcommittee as well as the full committee but was referred to … Continue reading Friday update (02/15): Verifiable voting
Voting: why not reprogram the machines?
A couple of letters to the editor today in the Virginian Pilot raise the issue of privacy in voting [1, 2]. I'll ask the same question I asked back in 2005: given that we have computerized voting machines, why can't they be programmed to allow the voter to choose whether they want a Republican or … Continue reading Voting: why not reprogram the machines?
Redistricting bill dead
By a 3-2 voice vote this morning, the House P&E subcommittee on Elections killed SB38, the bipartisan redistricting bill that passed the Senate last week. An attempt by Del. Jim Scott to have the bill heard by the full P&E committee was shot down on a 10-8 vote, which I understand was also unrecorded. Too … Continue reading Redistricting bill dead
Opinion, please: Republicans voting for Obama
I've been hearing about Republicans crossing over and voting in the Democratic primary for Obama. Since I didn't witness such behavior at my own precinct while I was there (and, in fact, my precinct captain called me later in the evening to say he hadn't seen any of the usual Republicans at our precinct), I … Continue reading Opinion, please: Republicans voting for Obama
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