Electoral Process

Ky Convictions Question Reliability of Touch Screen Vote Machines!

In Clay county Kentucky senior election officials have been convicted of buying and selling votes in the 2002 2004 and 2006 federal elections. Their actions included changing votes in the ES&S vote machines AFTER a voter had cast their ballot. The Lexington Herald-Leader has the entire story.
Lexington Herald-Leader article

The Road Ahead

We met on the January 12th and discussed where we would be going in the year ahead. The Gainesville Group is going to take a detailed look at the issues that are on the minds of PWC residents. We’ll explore them, determine the points of view and attempt to organize forums, open to the public, to discuss and explain them.

To accomplish this goal, we have formed the Issues Committee consists of Carol, Judy, Suzanne, and Terry. They have been challenged to develop a method for identifying issues. Once this phase is underway we can look at how to research the identified issues, and begin thinking about appropriate forums.

The year ahead is going to be very exciting. We will have a finger on the pulse of Western PWC and be in a position to advocate for the kinds of policies and laws that will make a real difference in our community.

Our next meeting will be February 8th, 7 pm at Taste of Asian again. Hope to see you all there.

Redistricting Part Three

The third installment of the discussion of the Virginia redistricting process from David Solimini, posted on the William and Mary Election Law Society blog. Click the link below to read this interesting and informative article.Redistricting Part 3.

Virginia Redistricting Part 2

Part one was a summary of the redistricting process in Virginia now we learn the pro’s and con’s of the arguments for and against partisan redistricting. The second part of the William and Mary Election Law Society blog discussion of our redistricting process.

What is the process for redistricting in Virginia?

There may be a bill to form a bipartisan redistricting commission rather than have the General Assembly develop the plan. Some educational links that are quite interesting.
Here’s one link to information.

Or this one.