Ben Paviour
Staff Reporter, VPM NewsBen Paviour covers courts and criminal justice for VPM News with a focus on accountability.
He previously covered politics and culture in Cambodia and lived pre-journalism lives as a tech writer at Google and a program manager for a youth job training program in Alameda County, California.
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People who’ve had their rights restored continue to report confusion, problems accessing the ballot. -
Decades after the Virginia crime lab found DNA evidence that exonerated more than a dozen people, a new review of records shows a former employee altered evidence to help prosecutors.
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Hannah Salem Stone has been paid nearly $800K for work with the governor and accompanied him on official trips to Texas and France.
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‘Admissible’ explores alleged misconduct by Mary Jane Burton, a serologist working in the lab.
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An elections department spokesperson said at least 275 voters have been affected by the error.
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People convicted of a felony in Virginia lose their rights to vote, serve on a jury and run for office.
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Virginia officials say they are working to fix an issue after an unknown number of eligible voters were removed from the state's rolls. The issue centers on people with felonies in their past.
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Virginia State Police are changing what information gets reported to ELECT.
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At least one person was removed from the rolls after having their rights restored, raising fears of a broader problem.
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The state says it’s taking steps toward more reliable voter rolls but some voting experts and Democrats disagree.
