by MCDC | Sep 26, 2020 | 2020 General Election, Action Alerts, Opinion, Virginia, Voter Rights
This fall, Virginians will vote on a constitutional amendment that could enshrine political gerrymandering in our state constitution. If you prefer a Virginia where voters choose their politicians with a truly independent and non-partisan redistricting commission, we...
by MCDC | Feb 18, 2017 | 2017 General Election, 2018 General Election, Discrimination, News, Racism, Voter Rights
A Republican-dominated general assembly is churning out laws that target the state’s new minorities http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/02/fruits-gerrymandering A Republican-dominated General Assembly is churning out legislation targeting the...
by MCDC | Sep 15, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Racism, Virginia, Voter Rights
UPDATE: RICHMOND (September 15, 2016) — Attorney General Herring issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of Virginia rejected legislators’ motion to hold Governor McAuliffe in contempt for his efforts to restore Virginians’ voting...
by MCDC | Sep 13, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 5th District, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Racism, Virginia, Voter Rights
“I don’t care what their politics are,” McAuliffe said in an interview Thursday while visiting the Dan River Region for an economic announcement. “I want them to vote.” McAuliffe also countered the notion that his executive order was to earn Democratic voters or score...
by MCDC | Sep 12, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Virginia, Voter Rights
The conventional wisdom in the South is that despite gains on the local level, candidates who represent the views of people of color cannot win statewide office. But this conventional wisdom ignores the numbers. In 2012 there were 3.7 million unregistered black...
by MCDC | Sep 7, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 2017 General Election, Action Alerts, Equal Rights, Madison County, News, Racism, Virginia, Voter Rights
Washington Post Editorial September 5, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/virginia-republicans-essentially-racist-project/2016/09/05/54a51c18-713c-11e6-8533-6b0b0ded0253_story.html?utm_term=.ddd13a405da3 IN ABOUT 40 states, people convicted of serious crimes...
