Elections

From abortion rights to artificial intelligence to workforce shortages, states will immediately dive into a host of major policy issues in the new year.

Virginia’s Attorney General is calling the dismissal a win for election integrity.

With the Republican primaries around the corner, a new poll finds that party members aren’t sure votes in the presidential nominating contest will be counted accurately.

Vanessa Rubio, an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, voted in both D.C. and Maryland, the elections board said.

An elected official in D.C. and five others were fined for committing voter fraud, the D.C. Board of Elections says. Vanessa Rubio, an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in Ward 4, voted in both D.C. and Maryland in the 2020 general election, according to the elections board. Documents from the board state Rubio voted in person in Maryland on Nov. 1, 2020…

In a politically polarized nation, Americans seem to agree on one issue underlying the 2024 elections — a worry over the state of democracy and how the outcome of the presidential contest will affect its future.

The indictments in Nevada are just the latest to come out of investigations in several states into the activities of Republican electors.

A judge is dismissing felony charges against a former northern Virginia elections official accused of misconduct in the 2020 elections. State prosecutors now say a key witness in the case has changed his story. The judge dismissed the felony charges against former Prince William County Registrar Michele White on Friday at prosecutors’ request. White is still set to be tried...

Current Richmond mayor Levar Stoney announces his candidacy for the 2025 Virginia governor election. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Authorities are trying to determine who sent suspicious letters, including some containing fentanyl or other substances, to local election offices in at least five states.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey recaps Tuesday night’s Virginia election results. She spoke to a political analyst about what these results mean for the future of Virginia’s political climate.

News4’s Julie Carey and Drew Wilder have team coverage outside polling places in Loudoun and Prince William counties.

News4’s Joseph Olmo spoke with some candidates and voters Election Day morning in Ashburn, Virginia.

Amid fiery debates over schools, school board elections can come down to just a few votes. Ahead of Election Day in Virginia, here’s a look at why school meetings got so heated.

If you care about school policies on transgender children, which books are available in school libraries and what students learn about American history, voting in your local school board election can help your voice be heard.

News4’s Joseph Olmo explains what to know as early in person voting is set to end soon.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has identified nearly 3,400 voters who were improperly removed from the state’s rolls due to probation violations. That’s a greater number than the administration previously acknowledged. The Department of Elections said in a statement Friday that the vast majority of those voters have been reinstated by local registrars. The administration says the error stemmed from...

A candidate in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, continues handing out sample ballots with misleading information. On his way to cast his ballot last week, longtime Democrat Pablo Cuadrado accepted a blue sample ballot — the type typically used by the Democratic party. As he left the polling place, he realized the sample ballot he’d used to guide his vote – titled “Spotsylvania Democrats”...

A candidate for clerk of circuit court in Spotsylvania County continues handing out sample ballots with misleading information. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Current Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chair Phyllis Randall debates opponents Gary Katz and Sam Kroiz. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.