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[122] [123] In U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995), the Court clarified that state election laws regulating ballot access and election administration do not amount to additional qualifications for elected office because such laws "[regulate] election procedures and [do] not … [render] a class of potential candidates ineligible".
In the last 14 months, the state’s Democratic-controlled General Assembly and Mr. Northam have together repealed the state's voter ID law, enacted 45 days of no-excuse absentee voting, made Election Day a state holiday and enacted automatic voter registration for anyone who receives a Virginia driver's license [d]...Ralph Northam this week ...
The Justice Department sued both Virginia and Alabama in the fall, accusing them of violating a ban on purging voters within 90 days of an election.
Virginia: A candidate for any statewide or local office must be qualified to vote for as well as hold the office they are running for, must have been "a resident of the county, city or town which he offers at the time of filing", a resident of the district, if it is an election for a specific district, and a resident of Virginia for one year ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday it sued the state of Virginia for violating the federal prohibition on systematic efforts to remove voters within 90 days of an ...
The Justice Department argued that Virginia could still investigate specific people – including any of the 1,600 – it suspects are noncitizens but can’t use a broad-based removal method this ...
Virginia has one of the most restrictive set of ballot access laws in the United States. [7] [8] According to the Code of Virginia subsection 24.2-101, without "major party" status for automatic ballot access in Virginia, minor party and independent candidates have to gather petition signatures to get on the ballot. For example, the requirement ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Friday blocked Virginia's removal of people it said had not proved their citizenship from its voter rolls, saying it ran afoul of a federal ...