WOODBRIDGE, Va.- Virginia's new role as a presidential battleground means the state must do better to ensure voters can cast ballots without enduring four-hour waits.
That was 1 of the messages to emerge Monday at a congressional forum in Woodbridge focused on the problems voters experienced in November's presidential election.
U.S. Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Elijah Cummings, D-Md., heard stories from voters who endured lines of more than three hours at polling places across northern Virginia.
Elections officials attributed the delays to multiple factors, including a lengthy ballot, lack of money for new voting machines and heavy turnout fueled by Virginia's battleground status.
Connolly is sponsoring an election-reform bill in Congress designed to encourage states to adopt early voting, same-day registration and provide states with funds to buy election equipment.
