shareUpdate: E-Filing Nearly Universal
Date: 08/11/2010
Congratulations to the 139 of 140 General Assembly members who voluntarily e-filed their mid-year campaign finance reports.
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The last paper filer in the General Assembly is Del. Clay Athey (R-Front Royal).
When the State Board of Elections introduced electronic filing in April 1999, only eight candidates -- incumbents and challengers -- signed up. By the end of the year, the number of e-filers had grown to 45. Sixteen of the pioneers are still in office:
- Del. Dave Albo (R-Fairfax)
- Del. Ward Armstrong (D-Martinsville)
- Sen. Harry Blevins (R-Chesapeake)
- Del. Kathy Byron (R-Forrest)
- Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke)
- Del. Morgan Griffith (R-Salem)
- Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk)
- Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William)
- Del. Joe May (R-Loudoun)
- Del. Harvey Morgan (R-Gloucester)
- Sen. Steve Newman (R-Lynchburg)
- Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston)
- Del. Albert Pollard (D-Lancaster)
- Del. Beverly Sherwood (R-Winchester)
- Del. Jim Shuler (D-Blacksburg)
- Sen. John Watkins (R-Midlothian)