In an analysis published in January, The Post found about 6,000 registered Virginia voters were placed in the wrong state legislative district. [Thousands of Virginians may have voted in the wrong state House districts]Yancey declined to comment. Lewis and state elections officials would not say whether they learned of the problem from The Post or on their own. Similar errors tainted last year’s race for the 28th House District near Fredericksburg, where 147 people voted in the wrong race because local voter registration records placed them in the wrong district. She voted a straight Democratic ticket that included Mullin in the House race instead of Simonds.

Source: Washington Post May 13, 2018 23:31 UTC