by MCDC | Sep 25, 2013 | Action Alerts, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
From The Charlottesville Democratic Party Calling all local attorneys willing to serve as voter protection advocates during the General Election on November 5th, 2013. If you have an interest in receiving Voter Protection Training, the following sessions will be...
by MCDC | Sep 10, 2013 | Ethics, Gun Reform, Health Care, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
In the race for attorney general, Virginia voters have a choice between two state senators with strong professional qualifications, lengthy legislative records and the same first name. But Mark Obenshain, a Harrisonburg Republican, and Mark Herring, a Loudon County...
by MCDC | Aug 29, 2013 | Gun Reform, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
“A great democracy does not make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon.” There are currently 13 states that have passed strict voter ID laws, according to Keesha Gaskins, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice. (Some of those...
by MCDC | Aug 25, 2013 | Voter Rights
On Face the Nation this Sunday, Colin Powell, former Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, warned his fellow Republicans that the continuing push to restrict voting rights is going to “backfire” and harm the Republican Party: “These...
by MCDC | Aug 24, 2013 | Action Alerts, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
STATE VOTING INFORMATION – VIRGINIA VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE (BY MAIL): 10/14/2013 ELECTION DAY: 11/5/2013 GET INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING IN VIRGINIA Questions about voting in your state: (800) 552-9745 Register To Vote State Election Website Felon Voting Laws...
by MCDC | Aug 24, 2013 | Civil Rights, Economy, Events, History, Immigration Reform, Minimum Wage, Racism, Voter Rights
WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands gathered early Saturday on the nation’s “front yard,” the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, yearning for a bit of that transcendent sense of racial unity heralded on this spot by the Rev. Martin Luther King 50...
