by MCDC | Nov 11, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
Legal wrangling is a given during any recount, but Virginia Republicans got off to an early start over the weekend, potentially exploiting the state’s new voter ID law to cast aside likely Democratic votes. The vast majority of Virginia’s votes had already...
by MCDC | Nov 10, 2013 | Video, Voter Rights
12-year-old Madison Kimrey of Burlington founded NC Youth Rocks after the North Carolina legislature passed voting restriction laws targeting young people, women, minorities, and the poor. The law appears to be designed to create long lines at the polls — especially...
by MCDC | Nov 3, 2013 | GOP Shutdown, Video, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
“Ken Cuccinelli may want Virginians to forget the detrimental impacts of the shutdown and his support for shutdown architect Ted Cruz, but voters won’t soon forget that Cuccinelli sided with the Tea Party against Virginia families,” said DPVA...
by MCDC | Oct 31, 2013 | Economy, Employment, Ethics, Farm Bill, GOP Shutdown, Minimum Wage, Sequester, Video, Virginia
New York’s River Fund Food Pantry’s new clients are diverse—working people, seniors, single mothers—but many of them share something in common: they represent the millions of Americans who fell victim to food insecurity when the Great Recession hit in 2009, but...
by MCDC | Oct 31, 2013 | Immigration Reform
by MCDC | Oct 31, 2013 | Health Care, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Mark Obenshain has spent his campaign for Attorney General running from his career long record on restricting a woman’s access to health care. Today, the Democratic Party of Virginia released a robocall from Republican Katherine Waddell informing Virginia women...
