Under a Democratic-controlled legislature and former Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, Virginia repealed its old photo ID requirements ahead of the 2020 presidential election, started registering voters automatically through the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles and opened absentee ballots to any registered voter, without requiring a specific reason or excuse. With a legislature whose control is […]

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Hayley Starshak is a freelance journalist based in Chicago. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune and Cicero Independiente. She is a recent graduate from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where she specialized in investigative reporting. You can follow her on Twitter @HStarshak.