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RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A judge ruled in favor of a pair of disenfranchised voters Thursday who argued Virginia’s felony voting law violates a 150-year-old federal statute. U.S. District Judge John Gibney ruled from the bench to grant summary judgment. He also certified a class that includes all Virginians who are currently or will be disqualified from voting due to convictions for crimes that were not considered felonies at common law in 1870. Joe Dodson, Courthouse News Service.
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Fostering Resilient Elections
A New Report on Strengthening Preparedness and Collaboration
By Andrea Byrne (Center for Tech and Civic Life Cybersecurity Advisor), Karen Brinson Bell (Advance Elections), Carolina Lopez (Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions) and TJ Pyche (The Elections Group)
Emergencies don’t wait for ballots to be counted. Natural disasters, cyber incidents, and infrastructure failures can strike at any point in the election cycle, disrupting operations, jeopardizing voter access, and undermining public confidence.
A new report from the Center for Tech and Civic Life, Fostering Resilient Elections: Opportunities for Stronger Election Administration and Emergency Management Collaboration, highlights how election officials and emergency managers can build stronger partnerships to safeguard elections in the face of disruption.
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