by MCDC | Apr 21, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Issues, News, Virginia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2016 CONTACT: Emily Bolton, Emily@vademocrats.org Yesterday’s veto session was an enormous success for Governor McAuliffe, who did not lose a single veto despite Republican majorities in both chambers. None of the Governor’s...
by MCDC | Apr 14, 2016 | 2016 General Election, News, Voter Rights
“Arizona has a history of problems with guaranteeing the rights of their citizens to vote, and with this lawsuit we hope to stop it now in time for the 2016 general election,” said Marc E. Elias, the elections lawyer for Clinton’s presidential campaign. Elias is...
by MCDC | Apr 11, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Discrimination, Education, Employment, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage
We are in essence punishing the poor for their poverty, as if poverty were an ethical breach, not the result of interlocking social, political, and personal realities, many of which are entirely out of poor people’s hands. How often do city planners consider the...
by MCDC | Apr 10, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Events
“Republicans ought to focus on doing the right thing: putting up every legitimate roadblock to Trump that they can. Unexpectedly, a key moment in American democracy has snuck up on the GOP. When he denounced Trump, Romney said he wanted to be able to say he’d...
by MCDC | Apr 8, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Events, History, Madison County, Virginia
The Madison County Democratic Committee Cordially invites you to join us for our 10th annual Founders Dinner Opening remarks by Jane Dittmar Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress Keynote address by Dorothy L. Holcomb Director, Moton Museum Council Educated in spite...
by MCDC | Apr 6, 2016 | 2016 General Election, News
via Alternet When the Associated Press declared Cruz, not Trump, the winner in Wisconsin, the thin-skinned candidate snapped and sent out a press release that reads like the tantrum of a 12-year-old, as the real-estate magnate turned reality-TV star hasn’t faced an...
