by MCDC | Mar 5, 2015 | 2015 General Election, Ethics, Issues, News, Virginia
When the dust settled in the GOP-controlled legislature, the loopholes stayed wide open, and the action turned out to be mostly pantomime.
by MCDC | Mar 3, 2015 | 2015 General Election, Madison County, Virginia, Voter Rights
GERRYMANDERING is the deliberate manipulation of legislative district boundaries to advantage or benefit a particular party or group, or to cause disadvantage or harm to an opposing party or group. It distorts the electoral process, undermines democracy, and renders...
by MCDC | Feb 27, 2015 | 2015 General Election, 2016 General Election
In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts. The resulting district...
by MCDC | Feb 26, 2015 | 2015 General Election, 2016 General Election, Madison County, Virginia, Voter Rights
Because elections are locally administered in the United States, voter suppression varies among jurisdictions. At the founding of the country, most states limited the right to vote to property-owning white males. Over time, the right to vote was formally granted to...
by MCDC | Feb 25, 2015 | 2015 General Election, Madison County, News
February 23, 2015 Contact: Tim Cotton at progressivephoenix@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOCAL DEMOCRAT ANNOUNCES BID FOR ED SCOTT’S DELEGATE SEAT Local Democrat Stewart Risher, 54, a retired Air Traffic Controller of Rixeyville, VA is proud to announce his...
