Virginia on Wednesday October 28, 2009

VA: 16 Va. localities fail to meet absentee-ballot deadline
By Tyler Whitley, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Despite court prodding and changes in state election laws, 16 Virginia localities have failed to meet a deadline to allow absentee ballots of military personnel serving overseas to be counted on time.
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VA: Obama urges voters in Norfolk to 'be there' for Deeds
By Bill Bartel and Julian Walker, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
NORFOLK, Va. -- The president encouraged a crowd at Old Dominion University on Tuesday to help Democratic candidate Creigh Deeds come from behind next week to win the Virginia governor's race. Deeds is lagging in the polls.
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VA: Deeds reaches for 'Obama energy'
By Anita Kumar, The Washington Post
NORFOLK, Va. -- One week before Election Day, the first Democratic president to win Virginia in more than four decades told a largely college-age, African American crowd of thousands not to count out R. Creigh Deeds, despite polls that show his Republican opponent has a double-digit lead in the race for governor.
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VA: Obama isn't on the ballot in Virginia governor's race, and yet ...
By Jeff Zeleny, The New York Times
In one week, President Obama faces the first Election Day test since his victory a year ago. His name is not on the ballot, but that offers only a small measure of solace to the White House.
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VA: Your voting history could end up in the neighbor's mailbox
By Bill Sizemore, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
Hundreds of thousands of Virginians will discover this week, perhaps to their surprise, that someone is tracking their voting records.
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VA: Proposal to keep jurors anonymous withdrawn
By Frank Green, Richmond Times-Dispatch
A proposal under consideration by the Virginia Supreme Court to keep juries anonymous in all criminal trials has been withdrawn.
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VA: Hate-crimes bill spurs some worry from religious groups
By Steven G. Vegh, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
NORFOLK, Va. -- Under a new bill, crimes based on a victim's sexual orientation or sexual identity could be prosecuted as hate crimes. Socially conservative clergy say the bill threatens freedom of religious expression.
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VA: Three school divisions suspend clinics for swine flu vaccine
By Elizabeth simpson, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach schools announced a suspension of their schedules due to shortages until they receive more vaccines for the pandemic H1N1 flu.
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