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Vote for Balance in Manassas on Election Day November 8

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Published November 4, 2022 at 12:00PM

Lynn Forkell Greene

Councilwomen Greene & Ellis encourage residents to vote for balance on election day.

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Black Voters Matter texts showed early voting location, not Election Day polls

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Published November 4, 2022 at 9:00AM | Updated November 4, 2022 at 4:30PM

A Prince William County resident told Potomac Local News she received a text message urging her to vote at her polling location. However, the message listed an early voting location, not her regular precinct.

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Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger says economy is biggest concern for most constituents | WUSA9

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Published November 4, 2022 at 8:00AM | Updated November 4, 2022 at 8:47AM

Rep. Abagail Spanberger talks with votes in Lake Ridge in March 2022.

The 7th Congressional District in Virginia is one of the most competitive races that could help determine who controls the House after the 2022 midterm elections. The battle between Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger and GOP newcomer Yesli Vega will act as the litmus test on where constituents in the newly re-drawn district stand on political and social issues.

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‘Glitch’ leads to last-minute push to enter voter registration info

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Published November 3, 2022 at 10:39AM

Voter registrars in our area are working overtime to register new voters following another error at the state’s Department of Elections. Multiple voter applications filed with the DMV were not processed. The state blamed a computer glitch for the error.

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GOP may appoint election officers to Prince William County polls, court rules

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Published November 2, 2022 at 5:03PM | Updated November 2, 2022 at 5:30PM

Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Richard Anderson

Republicans scored an early election victory in Prince William County Circuit Court. A Judge on Tuesday, October 1, 2022, issued an injunction to allow the Prince William County Republican Committee to have its party members serving as election officers in the rolls of poll chiefs and assistant chiefs in 12 disputed precincts across the county.

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Problematic mail-in ballots to be counted in Prince William County

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Published October 31, 2022 at 1:55PM | Updated November 2, 2022 at 7:25AM

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About 320 mail-in ballots will be scanned at the Prince William County Office of Elections following chain-of-custody concerns from elections volunteers. Volunteers found that one of the two seals on the ballots had been opened before they were set for counting. In a statement, Prince William County General Registrar Eric Olsen said he’ll keep the ballots to be counted.

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Vega responds: ‘Trump joins the thousands of Virginians who support our campaign’

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Published October 31, 2022 at 1:22PM | Updated November 2, 2022 at 7:25AM

Vega greets a campaign supporter

President Donald Trump gave an unsolicited endorsement to Yesli Vega, prompting now a response from her campaign. Trump urged voters to elect Vega, a Republican from the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, to Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Trump posted the endorsement onto his Truth social media platform and called her a “strong Republican voice against violent crime and all other things destroying our nation.

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Va. attorney general exploring ‘legal remedies’ after thousands get wrong voting location | WTOP News

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Published October 28, 2022 at 7:51PM | Updated October 28, 2022 at 9:10PM

Attorney General Jason Miyares at forum in Prince William County on human trafficking: Photo by Rick Horner

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said that thousands of voters receiving incorrect voting information is “unacceptable.” Miyares is frustrated with the vendor that made the mistake, said a spokeswoman for his office, Victoria LaCivita.

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Va. Gov., Vega, Trump endorsement, costumes, flags take center stage at Stafford Courthouse

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Published October 28, 2022 at 3:17PM | Updated October 31, 2022 at 10:47AM

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin came to the Stafford County Courthouse today, where he stood a year ago in the days leading up to his election as the state’s first Republican Governor in 12 years.

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Corey Stewart wades back into politics: Former Prince William Board Chairman raising $30K to fund Spanberger attack ad

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Published October 28, 2022 at 7:00AM | Updated October 31, 2022 at 10:47AM

Former Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman At-large Corey Stewart speaks at a campaign event for Yesli Vega.

Corey Stewart, a household name in Prince William County politics for 15 years, is pushing a new T.V. ad attacking Democrat Abigail Spanberger. It’s the first time Stewart has made a public political statement after he stepped down from the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on December 31, 2019.

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