by MCDC | Aug 7, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Virginia
Nearly 214,000 people have been placed back on the state’s prohibited voter list, weeks ahead of the Aug. 25 deadline set by the court. The 13,000 felons whose voter registrations have been canceled will receive letters early next week, according to the Virginia...
by MCDC | Aug 5, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Discrimination, News, Voter Rights
Congress has refused to do anything to restore the law’s protections, so litigation has remained the only real recourse for advocates trying to stop these voter suppression tactics more and more state legislatures have been adopting. In Virginia, a three-judge federal...
by MCDC | Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, News
MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ host, former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough, recalled an incident live on air in which he claimed “several months ago, a foreign policy expert went to advise Donald Trump and three times he asked about the use of...
by MCDC | Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Equal Rights, Global Warming, Health Care, Immigration Reform, Income Inequality, Issues, Madison County, Social Security, Virginia
It’s a simple but powerful idea: we are stronger together. “I did not start as a Democrat — I was actually a Republican. As I became more aware of the world outside of the sphere in which I was born, I realized that I wanted to identify with a group of Americans who...
by MCDC | Jul 27, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Equal Rights, Immigration Reform, Madison County, News, Virginia
Tim Kaine addresses the Virginia delegates’ breakfast at the Democratic National Convention in Philly on...
