by MCDC | Apr 22, 2016 | Civil Rights, News, Video, Virginia, Voter Rights
Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Governor Terry McAuliffe FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: April 22, 2016 Office of the Governor Contact: Brian Coy Email: brian.coy@governor.virginia.gov Governor McAuliffe Restores Voting and Civil Rights to Over 200,000...
by MCDC | Mar 31, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, News, Voter Rights
21 States, including Virginia, have new voting restrictions since the 2010 election. None of them are intended to make voting any easier. View this document on...
by MCDC | Mar 28, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Citizens United, Civil Rights, Equal Rights, Income Inequality, News, Voter Rights
A first-of-its-kind gathering in our nation’s capital is putting We the People back in charge of OUR democracy. Democracy Awakening — organized by Public Citizen, the NAACP, the Communications Workers of America, Greenpeace USA, People For the American Way, the...
by MCDC | Mar 28, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Discrimination, News, Virginia, Voter Rights
On March 21, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Wittman v. Personhuballah about whether Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District, as drawn by the Republican-controlled legislature in 2012, was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The disputed map was...
