-
Transparency violations of Richmond’s Electoral Board
Yesterday WRIC 8News published “Candidate’s dispute with Richmond’s elections office exposes error in city’s training video“, an article describing misstatements of law made by Keith Balmer, the city’s General Registrar. Balmer and his office incorrectly conflated forms required for a political action committee with those required for a candidate campaign committee. Stephanie Starling, a candidate…
-
The Real Impact of HB734
For a short time after the passage of HB2004 in 2021, records of closed police investigations in Virginia were opened to public scrutiny. With the changes from that bill, the Virginia Freedom of Information Act made disclosure of criminal investigative files mandatory when the investigation was “not ongoing.” After the law took effect, the family…
-
Virginia’s private police departments
How transparent are Virginia’s private police departments? Do they comply with their obligations under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act? Mostly they don’t. I filed a simple request with each of Virginia’s private police departments and published the results.