by MCDC | Sep 1, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Voter Rights
If you’ve been following the 2014 midterm elections, you know there’s very little chance that the U.S. House of Representatives will go blue this year. One reason is gerrymandering, where congressional districts are redrawn to either pack opposing voters into...
by MCDC | Aug 29, 2014 | Ethics, News
Spin 1: A partisan witch hunt produced Perry’s criminal charges. NOT TRUE. Over 36 years the Travis Co. Public Integrity Unit prosecuted 21 officials: 6 Republicans and 15 Democrats. At the time of Perry’s $7.5 million veto, the vast majority of that unit’s case load...
by MCDC | Aug 23, 2014 | Civil Rights, Virginia
If you have problems at the polls on November 4, please call the election protection hotline at 1-866-687-8683 (OUR-VOTE) right away. The recent, confusing development in Virginia’s photo identification requirements for voters carries even more serious implications...
by MCDC | Aug 20, 2014 | Virginia, Voter Rights
About 300,000 Virginia voters lack an ID issued by the state Department of Motor Vehicles. Voters can obtain a free photo ID from any local registrar’s office. More information can be obtained by visiting www.GotIDVirginia.org or by calling the election...
by MCDC | Aug 14, 2014 | Health Care, Issues, Virginia
The Daily Press “Not only do we not have a plan, we don’t even have a process.” The General Assembly is to convene next month to talk about Medicaid expansion, but there’s still no firm word on the scope of what they’ll tackle – or even...
by MCDC | Aug 9, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Ethics, Income Inequality, Issues
