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The Virginia War Memorial will honor those who chose to serve in the U.S. armed forces with the 64th annual Commonwealth’s Veterans Day Ceremony Wednesday.

Virginians seeking health insurance through the Affordable Care Act have until December 15 to evaluate their options and select a plan.

More voters are casting their ballots on days other than Election Day this year than ever before. While many voters may have been spurred to vote early by COVID-19, much of the legislation making it possible was passed before the pandemic swept the nation.

The Richmond Resilience Initiative will provide $500 per month to 18 working families who don’t qualify for other aid, but that Stoney said still do not make a living wage. Funds for the program will come from both the Robins Foundations, a Richmond-based nonprofit, and the CARES Act.

A spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Virginia says they’re still seeking resolution in a lawsuit filed against the Richmond city registrar seeking a list of voters whose ballots had been rejected for errors, like missing signatures.

In Virginia’s Senate Election, Republican Daniel Gade is challenging incumbent Senator Mark Warner. Gade brings a message of constitutional conservatism to the race, while Warner is running as a bipartisan legislator who knows how to get things done. Both candidates recently spoke with VPM News. Below is a transcript from a story that ran on October 19, profiling the two.

As of Monday, only 55% of absentee ballots in the city have been returned, according to the Virginia Department of Elections. Across the state, the figure stands at 66%. As recently as Sunday, the city had the lowest return rate in the state at 39%.

Abigail Spanberger and Nick Freitas fought to win the support of voters from Virginia’s 7th District during Tuesday’s candidate forum.

Gov. Ralph Northam left quarantine and returned to his office Tuesday, the same day the FBI said he had been considered as an abduction target by a self-professed militia group charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. He criticized the president both on his handling of his own coronavirus diagnosis, and rhetoric that Northam says encouraged the militia group.

With the coronavirus making in-person voting a riskier option and new laws passed to make absentee voting easier, Virginians will experience an election day like no other. This is part of VPM's series on voting in Virginia in 2020.