Why has the Rockingham County Electorial Board not removed the Voter Registrar for a clear lack of competence?

Within one year, the Virginia State Board of Elections has twice examined the work of Rockingham County’s Director of Elections and General Registrar, Lisa B. Gooden, and both times it found problems. The first was a double count of central absentee precinct (CAP) votes in the November 5, 2024 general election. By Gooden’s own account, […]

A 156-Year-Old Federal Law Just Gave Voting Rights Back to Nearly 235,000 Virginia Felons. Where Was the Press?

Something remarkable has happened to Virginia’s voter rolls this year, and unless you read Virginia public radio or a handful of legal blogs, you probably missed it. I know I did. On January 22, 2026, Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. of the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in King v. O’Bannon (Civil […]

Welcome back to us!

It’s been a long time since I’ve used this domain…but in the intervening years since Myron Rhodes and I beat up on federal, state and local government and some of the politicians who were part of those entities, I’ve aged and actually matured. I’ve modified some of my political beliefs and spent a fair number […]