Archive for July 2015

The EAC’s latest Election Administration and Voting Survey report (with data) is out – and with it the first snapshots of what happened (and didn’t) during the 2014 election. Next up: the electiongeeks dive into the data to help us understand what happened in 2014 and what it might mean for 2016 and beyond.

Fairfax County’s general registrar is stepping down after asking not to be reappointed to another term. While her tenure was marked by complaints about management problems, the record suggests that the office itself is a problem to manage – which the county needs to address before another registrar is hired. Partisanship in one of the state and nation’s most Democratic counties may also have played a role.