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One virus puts about 58,000 children and three times as many elderly people in the hospital every year, and it’s not COVID… One UVa professor takes issue with the stereotype of young people as apathetic, and not interested in voting… One drive-by Halloween display in Staunton is raising money for a good cause….

The Virginia Department of Elections finds thousands more voter registrations unprocessed;The process for college admissions is changing in the wake of the pandemic;Sample ballots presented outside polling places are often the product of party advertising;And young voters from both sides of the aisle want the government to do more about climate change

With less than two weeks left in Virginia’s election season, we’re talking election security, vote counting, and also politics with Jeff Schapiro… Mary Baldwin University eliminates tuition for low income students… In our latest episode of Folklife Fieldnotes, we profile The Chosen Few and Reverend Tarrence Paschall, keeping the tradition of African American a cappella religious music alive in Virginia….

Students at Harrisonburg High School walked out of class on Monday to support transgender students;State Senator Amanda Chase says she’ll introduce a bill to ban all abortions in Virginia;With the final day of voting less than a week away, Democrats and Republicans clash over Social Security and Medicare;And the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport has a new commercial carrier

Virginia’s top elections official apologizes for voter registration errors, the centuries old suspicion of midwives in Virginia, Donald Trump’s latest endorsement, and confrontations at polling locations….This is the WMRA Daily for Monday, October 31st...

The suspect arrested in the shooting deaths of three UVa students was himself a student, and he faces multiple charges including second-degree murder… The Virginia Department of Education issues an updated draft of Virginia’s history standards… A new book examines the tenure of former Governor Ralph Northam….

A Sunday night shooting on UVA Grounds has reportedly left three dead, and students were under a shelter in place order early Monday… As candidates gear up for next year’s General Assembly elections, the governor says he hopes for more abortion restrictions… We talk with author Maggie Marangione, our guest for Tuesday evening’s November Books & Brews….

Even after redistricting, most of Virginia’s congressional seats are still not competitive… The governor says students from Virginia’s HBCU’s will tutor and mentor children in K through 12 schools… A look at efforts to improve grade school literacy through evidence-based teaching….

Governor Youngkin says he’s sent a note of apology to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for joking comments he made after a man brutally attacked her husband… Two Trump-style Republicans in Virginia, including the lieutenant governor, say it’s time to move on from the former president… And, we talk with Jeff Schapiro about this week’s election results, the role of redistricting, and more in Virginia politics….

Republicans Ben Cline and Bob Good win reelection, but only one Democrat, incumbent Elaine Luria in the 2nd District, loses a bid for reelection in Virginia… State officials say voting in the commonwealth was smooth Tuesday, and we have more on results, and analysis from Jeff Schapiro….