This cuts against the rhetoric we have heard from the school board, members of the board of supervisors, and Commonwealth Attorney Buta Biberaj, the latter of whom has worked against the citizen petitioners of Leesburg, Sterling, and Algonkian at every step of the way despite an ethical duty to be fair and objective,” Prior said. “We do appreciate the Senate Democrats recognizing that the removal process in a proper process to make change.
“This school board is using the powers delegated to them by this legislature and they’re misusing them terribly… The fix is to allow the people of Loudoun County to express their views at the ballot box just as soon as possible,” he said.īut far-Left prosecutor Buta Biberaj and school board members have cast the recall process, too, as an attack on democracy. How is holding an election an attack on democracy? If the people of Loudoun like this board and its actions, then I have absolutely no doubt that they will return all of them to a four-year term.” Speaker, are saying this is an attack on democracy. Loudoun Board of Supervisors member Juli Briskman on Twitter called the block of the amendment “Excellent News!! Thank you for stopping this attempt to subvert democracy!!”īut Republican Delegate Chris Head said in a floor speech, “Members on the other side, Mr. The board has previously been elected in odd-numbered years, corresponding with low turnout moving it alongside congressional elections would get more voters involved.ĭemocrats said Youngkin was trying to thwart democracy, since voters elected board members to four-year terms in 2019.
Youngkin’s plan would have moved the election up from 2023. The Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate on Thursday blocked an amendment from Governor Glenn Youngkin that would force the Loudoun County School Board to stand for re-election this year.
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