It has been somewhat unheralded but Virginia Attorney General Cuccinelli has followed through on his promise to reform the lack of candidates in Virginia presidential primary elections.  Despite controversy in the legislature in other voting issues, Cuccinelli quietly sought bipartisan fixes for ballot access issues. It appears that he successfully negotiated a series of bills through the Virginia legislature and that all Virginia citizens and political parties will benefit from these changes.  No easy task in today’s environment with voting issues.  Back in January 2012, after only two Republican presidential candidates qualified for the presidential ballot, a situation that left voters bewildered, he said this to FOX News:

Cuccinelli, who is a Republican, shared the concerns and plans to
take them to the legislature while the candidates work through the
courts. 

“Recent events have underscored that our system is
deficient,” he said in a statement Saturday. “Virginia owes her citizens
a better process

In a recent press release:

As a result of after local and state-level litigation over existing ballot
access restrictions, Cuccinelli brought together a working group of
bipartisan stakeholders and legislators with the aim of improving
ballot access for candidates and those wishing to seek candidacy in
statewide and local elections

…With the
attorney general’s personal participation, this group crafted
legislation to provide solutions to ballot access issues that have
arisen in recent years.