Ben Paviour
Ben Paviour is reporting in Virginia as part of The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship. He previously covered courts, criminal justice and state politics 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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Transcript: Former felons have been mistakenly purged from the state's voter rolls. -
A group aiming to elect Republicans has sent out flyers to Virginia voters offering to drop off ballots on their behalf.
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The total is more than 10 times the initial estimate provided by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office.
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Experts say FOIA laws make it hard for public to access key information.
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People who’ve had their rights restored continue to report confusion, problems accessing the ballot.
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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.
