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November 1, 2020

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** From VPAP Early voting tops 2.7 million ([link removed])
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The Virginia Public Access Project

More than 2.7 million Virginians already have voted ahead of Tuesday's presidential election, which represents 68% of the total votes cast in Virginia four years ago. The number of early votes could change as localities report more than 191,000 mail ballots, which could arrive in time to be counted. The big question now is when the polls open Tuesday morning, how many Virginians will show up to vote the old-fashioned way. One thing is certain: When results come in Tuesday night, more than half of the votes will be concentrated in 132 Central Absentee Precincts.
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** The young and the (politically) restless: First-time voters talk momentous election ([link removed])
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By HENRI GENDREAU, CLAIRE MITZEL AND SAM WALL, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

For one generation of voters, Tuesday will be their first chance to have a say in the country’s future in a year marred by the coronavirus pandemic and divisive politics. In the Roanoke and New River valleys, young voters casting their first presidential ballot have diverse and varied reasons for voting and the issues that matter most to them.
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** 97-year-old Virginia voter recalls a time when suppression included a test and 'poll tax' ([link removed])
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By JAY KORFF, WJLA

Every mantle holds a story worth telling. This narrative begins with the horrors of bondage and ends with enduring admiration. “This was Aunt Mabel when she was in her 30s,” says Missy Alexander as she shows us pictures from that mantle. English teacher Missy Alexander cares for her 97-year-old great aunt, Mabel Hairston, at her home in Prince William County. Hairston, a nanny for decades, helped raise Alexander and Alexander’s mother.
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** Arlington Divided Over Amendment One Issue ([link removed])
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By EDEN BROWN, Connection Newspapers

At a dinner party — held outside — last Saturday night, five Arlington Democrats talked about how they had voted on Amendment One. Three were for the amendment, two were against. One had based her decision on the fact the ACLU supported it; two said it was “better than nothing.” One had based his decision on the opposition to the amendment by Arlington Democrats, and the final “no” had read extensively about the pros and cons. That discussion made it clear well-meaning Democrats could say they had voted either way and feel they had voted against Gerrymandering. But had they?
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** Franklin among six Va. counties holding Confederate monument referendum ([link removed])
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By MIKE ALLEN, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Six counties in Virginia on Tuesday will ask voters what should be done with the Confederate monuments that stand at their courthouses. Franklin County is one of them. In fact, the referendum question about whether or not to relocate the statue of a Confederate soldier is the only local government-related item on Franklin County’s ballot.
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** Richmond-area schools at crossroads on reopening plans ([link removed])
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By JESSICA NOCERA AND KENYA HUNTER, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month)

The superintendent of Richmond Public Schools said this week that students probably won't return to classrooms next spring because of concerns about the coronavirus. One day before, Chesterfield County, School Board members who promised to let health data guide their decisions announced it would send 34,000 more students back to class next month even as the pace of infections reported in the county has doubled in the past three weeks. . . . Across the region and state, decisions about reopening schools rest entirely with local School Boards, meaning all 133 elected boards decide how much risk is too much. The result around Richmond: Neighboring localities draw different conclusions from similar health measures during meetings brimming with protesting parents and teachers.
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** At Northern Virginia’s Eden Center, Local Vietnamese Community Splits Over Trump And Biden ([link removed])
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By DANIELLA CHESLOW, DCist

Rain fell on a Monday earlier this month as Matthew Truong, 53, climbed onto a stool in front of a yellow pickup truck. Truong addressed some 200 supporters of President Trump, many of them huddled under umbrellas and wearing red ball caps, face masks printed with portraits of Trump, and scarves knit with the American flag. “I know it is a beautiful day,” Truong quipped, to laughter. “You know why it’s a beautiful day? Because we still live in a free country.”
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** From VPAP Maps, Timeline of COVID-19 in Virginia ([link removed])
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Our COVID-19 dashboard makes it easy to track the latest available data for tests performed, infections, deaths and hospital capacity. There's a filter for each city and county, plus an exclusive per-capita ZIP Code map. Updated each morning around 10:30 a.m.


** FEDERAL ELECTIONS
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** Election officials gear up for unprecedented day at the polls ([link removed])
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By ALLISON WRABEL, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)

Voters in Albemarle County may see some new faces at their precincts on Nov. 3, as about 40% of the county’s approximately 400 election officers are working their first election. Training was done virtually, and officials say they are ready to handle whatever Election Day brings, from counting an unprecedented number of early votes to potential intimidation, as area voters look to elect a president, congressman, senator and decide on two constitutional amendments amid a pandemic.
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** When will you know the winners? What to expect on election night. ([link removed])
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By AMY FRIEDENBERGER, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Americans are used to the moment on election night when the TV news anchors announce a winner, the newly elected president takes the stage and gives a speech, the balloons fall and the music plays. This year, you’ll probably go to sleep without knowing the next president. And you might wake up not knowing the winner. And you may go to sleep again, wake up again, and go to sleep again for a few more days.
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** Voting changes could make for a different kind of election night this year ([link removed])
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By JAMES SCOTT BARON, Free Lance-Star (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

The days of staying up late on election night to discover which candidates won may be over. Although the polls close at 7 p.m. Tuesday, the work of local election officials could continue for up to an additional week beyond the election because so many voters are using absentee ballots this year.
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** Staying power of Virginia’s ‘blue wave’ at stake on Nov. 3 ([link removed])
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Associated Press

Virginia voters on Tuesday will determine the staying power of a “blue wave” that flipped two competitive congressional districts two years ago, while also casting ballots for a U.S. Senate seat and the presidency. As in other states, voters were deciding between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden. Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner is the favorite in his reelection bid against a little-known Republican challenger.
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** During Danville campaign stop, Sen. Tim Kaine calls Cameron Webb 'healer in a nation that needs some healing' ([link removed])
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By PARKER COTTON, Danville Register & Bee

On the final day of early voting in Virginia, Sen. Tim Kaine appeared in Halifax and Danville on Saturday morning to show support for 5th Congressional District Democratic candidate Cameron Webb. Webb, a physician, college professor and lawyer, is running against former Liberty University athletics administrator Bob Good in a House of Representatives race that is expected to be among the closest in the country.
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** Virginia GOP House candidate Bob Good doubles down on conservative values in tight race ([link removed])
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By MICHAEL RUIZ, Fox News

Bob Good, a Republican House candidate from Virginia who ousted his district’s incumbent GOP congressman at a party convention over the summer, is sticking to his guns in a close general election campaign. He’s unapologetically pro-law enforcement, pro-Second Amendment and pro-life, he told Fox News Wednesday. “The positions that my campaign represents are aligned with the values of the voters in the 5th District,” he said.
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** Freitas, Spanberger campaign on last day of early voting ([link removed])
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By EMILY JENNINGS AND CLINT SCHEMMER, Culpeper Star Exponent (Metered Paywall - 20 articles a month)

With 250,000 ballots already cast as of Saturday morning in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District contest, Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Del. Nick Freitas spent the last day of early voting campaigning in different spots across the district. On Saturday morning, Freitas campaigned in Chesterfield County—part of the vote-rich Richmond suburbs near Spanberger’s home in Henrico County—outside LaPrade Library, an early-voting location.
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** Freitas: Reassert Republican views in 7th District ([link removed])
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By EMILY JENNINGS, Culpeper Star Exponent (Metered Paywall - 20 articles a month)

Del. Nick Freitas’s fight against Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, has reaped national notice in 2020’s divisive election year. The Republican state delegate aims to return the 7th Congressional District’s seat back to its more conservative roots. “When you look at what’s going on in cities across America right now, I think people are having a lot of concern about what Democratic leadership in Washington, D.C., would look like,” the Republican state delegate told the Culpeper Star-Exponent.
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** Spanberger: People are tired of division ([link removed])
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By CLINT SCHEMMER, Culpeper Star Exponent (Metered Paywall - 20 articles a month)

No culture warrior, Rep. Abigail Spanberger calls herself a “passionate pragmatist” and takes pride in getting stuff done. In her first term, the 7th Congressional District Democrat has introduced 15 pieces of legislation, of which 20—or 80 percent—were bipartisan. Eight passed the House, and three bills that Spanberger sponsored were signed into law by President Donald Trump. But now she is fighting for a second shot in what, until she appeared in 2018, had long been a Republican district.
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** Virginians wait as long as seven hours on last day of early voting ([link removed])
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By MEAGAN FLYNN AND JIM MORRISON, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Voters came out in droves on the last day of early voting in Virginia on Saturday, zigzagging their way around parking lots and polling places in hours-long queues at some locations. Few were as congested as the early-voting sites in Virginia Beach, where voters waited an astounding four to seven hours at the government center and various satellite locations. They sat in lawn chairs on sidewalks. They stood in the grass in medians dividing traffic, as elections workers were dispatched to keep people safe from cars. At least one wore a witch hat to keep it festive on Halloween.
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** Thousands turn out across Northern Virginia as early in-person voting ends ([link removed])
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By JAMES JARVIS, Inside NOVA (Metered Paywall)

Thousands of voters turned out across Northern Virginia on Saturday for the final day of early in-person voting for the 2020 election. In Fairfax County, election officials were expecting Saturday's numbers to be similar to the 14,000 who voted on Friday. According to the Virginia Public Access Project, through Friday, nearly 374,000 Fairfax voters had already cast ballots in person or by mail, representing just over two-thirds of the 551,000 who voted in the 2016 presidential election.
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** Hampton Roads voters face long lines on the last day of early voting ([link removed])
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By MATT JONES, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)

When Sofia Gloria arrived at the Kempsville Treasurer’s Office before 4:15 a.m., there were only a handful of people sitting outside. By 5 a.m., there were about 50 people, she estimated. By 9 a.m., when the office opened to voters for the last day of in-person early voting, there were over 400 people waiting.
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** Turnout strong through last day of early voting in Lynchburg ([link removed])
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By RACHEL MAHONEY, News & Advance (Metered Paywall - 18 articles a month)

A line of voters trailed out of the Lynchburg Registrar’s Office on Saturday for the last day of early in- person voting. It was the third time this week that Michelle and James Cobbs have seen the voting line stretch down along the train tracks off Kemper Street, but they braved the wait Saturday because Michelle Cobbs said it’s important for them to vote as a family and in person.
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** In Danville and Pittsylvania County, early voters enjoy short lines and helpful poll workers ([link removed])
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By PARKER COTTON, Danville Register & Bee

Residents of the Dan River Region reported very few issues voting on Saturday, which was the last day in-person voting was available for Virginians prior to Election Day on Tuesday. At both the Danville registrar’s office on Main Street and the Olde Dominion Agricultural Complex north of Chatham, voters were thankful to find short lines and helpful poll workers so that they could cast their ballot early.
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** VCU poll: Virginia favors Biden, half of his voters say they're mainly voting against Trump ([link removed])
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By ERIC KOLENICH, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month)

Presidential elections are said to be referendums on the incumbent administration, with Americans essentially deciding whether to keep the current party in power. That sentiment is particularly true this year, a statewide poll conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University has found. Among likely voters in Virginia who plan to vote for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, or who have already voted for him, only half view their vote as pro-Biden. The other half see their vote as a statement against President Donald Trump. Among Trump voters, 77% see their vote as pro-Trump, and 20% see their vote as a rejection of Biden.
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** Roanoke College Poll: Biden, Warner maintain leads among likely Virginia voters ([link removed])
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By YANN RANAIVO, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Former Vice President Joe Biden holds an 11-point lead over President Donald Trump in Virginia, according to the results of a Roanoke College poll released Saturday. The poll conducted by The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research comes just days ahead of Election Day. Pollster interviewed slightly more than 800 likely Virginia voters between Oct. 23 and Oct. 29. The poll has a margin of error of 3.5%.
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** Trump trails in polls but ahead of Biden in Prince William fundraising ([link removed])
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By JARED FORETEK AND KARI PUGH, Inside NOVA (Metered Paywall)

If recent elections are a guide, President Donald Trump will have a tough time winning the vote in Prince William County on Tuesday, but he has received more campaign contributions from county residents than has his opponent. Based on fundraising data compiled by the Virginia Public Access Project, Trump has raised about $30,000 more than Democrat Joe Biden this election cycle in Prince William and has about 300 more individual donors.
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** World Central Kitchen serving free food to voters waiting in line in Hampton Roads ([link removed])
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By MATTHEW KORFHAGE, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)

On Friday afternoon at the 411 building in Chesapeake, home to the elections department, the tight-packed parking lot looks like a slow demolition derby. A socially-distanced line of early voters stretches to the edge of the building. Mango Mangeaux restaurant owners Lakesha Brown-Renfro and Tanecia Willis have their own version of voter poll for each person in line: Would anyone like a free sandwich? Some bottled water?


** ECONOMY/BUSINESS
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** Ex-Inmates Struggle in a Banking System Not Made for Them ([link removed])
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By DAVID BENOIT, Wall Street Journal (Subscription Required)

In 2013, Martize Tolbert walked out of prison and into a financial hole. Mr. Tolbert was arrested on drug and weapon charges as a teenager, then bounced in and out of jail for more than a dozen years. When he was released for the last time, he owed some $12,000 in court fines and fees. Four years later, he was working at a Charlottesville, Va., Jiffy Lube, making $9 an hour, barely enough for rent, food and supporting his son.


** HIGHER EDUCATION
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** Could EVMS merge with ODU, Sentara? A private study is looking at options. ([link removed])
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By ELISHA SAUERS, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)

Private parties began exploring potential integrations of Eastern Virginia Medical School with Old Dominion University and Sentara Healthcare about 10 months before telling top leaders of the medical school. Shortly after EVMS was informed, a consultant was hired to study the academic institution’s programs and finances. Its task will be to provide recommendations to Gov. Ralph Northam on new ways the schools and hospital system could combine.
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** University of Virginia professor apologizes for ‘insensitive’ racial comment ([link removed])
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By MAX MARCILLA, NBC 29

A University of Virginia professor is facing backlash for a racial comment made in class last week. In a statement shared with his class session, Communications Professor Jeffrey Leopold apologized and said he was wrong for saying “Africans didn’t know what food meant.” “I sincerely regret doing so and I am deeply sorry for my actions and my words,” Leopold wrote. “I care deeply about all of my students and the UVA community at-large and I will never forget this judgment error.”


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** Fredericksburg officials work to address racial inequality ([link removed])
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By TAFT COGHILL JR., Free Lance-Star (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

After a new wayside panel was installed at the corner of William and Charles streets in downtown Fredericksburg last week, City Councilman Chuck Frye Jr. and Mayor Mary Katherine Greenlaw met at the site for a photo opportunity. A 1,200-pound sandstone slave auction block was previously on that corner before it was removed on June 5, following a City Council vote to do so a year earlier. “We met out there and acknowledged that everything is changing at that corner,” said Frye, the lone Black representative on City Council.
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** Hopewell High School closed due to COVID-19 case; decision to reopen coming Monday ([link removed])
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By JEFF MILBY, Progress Index (Metered paywall - 10 articles a month)

Hopewell High School will be closed through Monday, November 2, due to a staff member testing positive for COVID-19, the school division announced on Friday, October 30. The school will be closed, "in order for us to conduct a thorough cleaning and additional monitoring of the cases," HCPS said in a notification to families.
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** Lynchburg-area schools announce 23 new positive cases of COVID-19 this week, over 115 cases total ([link removed])
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By JAMEY CROSS, News & Advance (Metered Paywall - 18 articles a month)

School divisions in the Lynchburg area announced 23 new positive cases of COVID-19 this week. Together, Lynchburg City Schools and Bedford, Campbell, and Amherst county schools have reported 118 positive cases since their school years began.
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** With the Bristol casino’s fate in voters’ hands, a deeper look into JLARC study ([link removed])
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By DAVID MCGEE, Bristol Herald Courier (Metered Paywall - 15 articles a month)

While the nation’s attention is largely focused on the race for the White House, Bristol, Virginia voters are poised to decide the fate of a proposed $400 million Hard Rock Hotel & Casino resort. Bristol is one of four economically challenged cities — along with Danville, Norfolk and Portsmouth — currently conducting casino referendums. Richmond opted to delay its referendum.
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** With fate of casino in hands of voters, advocates and opponents weigh in on Tuesday's referendum ([link removed])
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By PARKER COTTON, Danville Register & Bee

The prospect of Danville welcoming a Caesars Virginia casino property to town is seen by some as a cash and jobs windfall that is too good to pass up and viewed by others as a sacrifice of morals for an outside company making ambitious promises. In the waning moments of the election season, opinions on the merits or drawbacks of the casino are as strong as ever.

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** EDITORIALS
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** The far-reaching consequences of this year's elections ([link removed])
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Roanoke Times Editorial (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Here’s one thing that both parties can agree on: This year’s presidential election will tell us what kind of country we are and what kind of country we want to be. Beyond that, well, opinions vary. ...This is the first presidential election in our history where the incumbent hasn’t pledged a peaceful transition of power if he loses. It’s also the first election in our modern history where we may not know the winner sometime on election night. Americans will need something that doesn’t come naturally to us — patience.
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** Time for students to return ([link removed])
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Virginian-Pilot Editorial (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)

When Gov. Ralph Northam ordered schools closed in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus, it was the prudent, responsible decision. Health officials had little data about the disease’s effect on children but understood discouraging large gatherings in enclosed spaces was necessary to save lives. Today, we know more about how COVID-19 spreads, who it affects and how to protect against — though not prevent — infection.
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** Veterans would gain from amendment ([link removed])
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Daily Progress Editorial (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month)

Much attention has (rightly) been paid to the groundbreaking reform posited in Virginia Amendment 1 on this month’s ballot, but voters also should be informed on Amendment 2. That amendment has not received as much notice because it is relatively noncontroversial. Still, voters should be prepared to evaluate it.


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** Casey: Voters cannot be required to wear masks to polls Tuesday ([link removed])
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By DAN CASEY, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Even voters who are running a high fever and coughing like crazy cannot be turned away at the polls, according to guidelines issued by the Virginia Department of Elections.


** OP-ED
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** Morse: Amendment 1 is an imperfect attempt to curb imperfect habits ([link removed])
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By GORDON C. MORSE, published in Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)

A great national election looms before us. A great state election, begun for all intents, awaits just beyond. Virginia staggers election cycles in this way, a holdover from ancient, but once prevailing notions that we should avoid having national politics bleed into state choices. Still, the influence of the one over the other has always been apparent, though in unpredictable ways.

Morse began his writing career with the Daily Press editorial page in 1983, then moved across the water to write opinion for The Virginian-Pilot. He later joined the administration of Gerald L. Baliles as the governor's speechwriter and special assistant.
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** Updegrove: A new Virginia law is censoring artists like me ([link removed])
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By BOB UPDEGROVE, published in Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Edward Steichen, a historic American photographer, said, “Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies . . . the wealth and confusion man has created.” In other words, good photography tells a story. And because humans enjoy hearing stories, it’s no wonder we’re drawn to images that portray our world.

Updegrove is owner of Bob Updegrove Photography in Leesburg.
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** Swecker: Vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ([link removed])
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By SUSAN SWECKER, published in Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)

Over the last four years and accelerating through 2020, a series of major crises have taken hold of our country. For instance, we face a public health crisis, where the COVID-19 pandemic is still accelerating even as it has killed more than 230,000 Americans and counting.

Swecker is the chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Virginia
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** Anderson: Vote for Donald Trump and Mike Pence ([link removed])
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By RICH ANDERSON, published in Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month)

In just three days, Virginians will head to the polls to cast their ballot for president. Voters will choose between four more years of unprecedented economic growth, military strength, international peace, and safe streets or the same tired policies of a man who has been in office for the last 47 years.

Anderson is chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.
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** Fleet, Hunter, Martin and Treacy: State investment in colleges boosts economic recovery ([link removed])
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By CLIFF FLEET, JENNIFER HUNTER, GEORGE MARTIN AND DENNIS TREACY, published in Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers)

The governor and General Assembly soon will complete action on a new biennial state budget, a process lengthened by the coronavirus pandemic and its shocks to the Virginia economy. We applaud the additional $114 million in new state investment in higher education contained in the recently adopted spending blueprint. It will enable our colleges, universities and community colleges to support Virginia’s economic recovery and will help low-income students and families, many of whom are bearing a disproportionate burden from the pandemic’s economic fallout.

Fleet is president and CEO of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; Hunter is senior vice president for corporate citizenship at Altria Client Services; Martin is Richmond office managing partner of McGuireWoods; Treacy is senior counsel of Reed Smith.
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** Silberberg: In Alexandria, a safety net seemingly came out of thin air — and then disappeared ([link removed])
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By ALLISON SILBERBERG, published in Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Imagine it is hot and humid, and you and your spouse and children and your parents are all under one roof with very little or nothing in your fridge and cupboard. You went to bed hungry, and in the morning, it’s worse. You and your loved ones are now standing outside in a long line for many hours to receive a box of food that will help feed your family for a few days. This is what hunger looks and feels like for many in our communities.

Silberberg, a Democrat, was mayor of Alexandria from 2016 through 2018.


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