by MCDC | Feb 15, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Virginia, Voter Rights
Marjorie Hrouda, right, clerk of the House Priveieges and Elections committee, counts the votes of committee chairman Del. Mark L. Cole, R-Spotsylvania, 2nd from right, and others on HB1280 dealing with primary dates in June, during a meeting of the committee at the...
by MCDC | Feb 14, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Education, News
Pro tip: elections have consequences
by MCDC | Feb 4, 2015 | Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Virginia, Voter Rights
RICHMOND — The Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates has intervened in a federal lawsuit that alleges his chamber’s legislative districts were gerrymandered to dilute African-American influence. Howell believes politicians have the right to pick their voters when...
by MCDC | Feb 4, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, News, Video
The video intersperses clips from Wisconsin Governor (and presumed presidential candidate) Scott Walker’s recent state of the state speech with video of Walker’s State Capitol Police arresting people for observing other people singing folk songs in the...
by MCDC | Feb 3, 2015 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, Issues, Virginia
Lieutenant Governor Northam Casts Tiebreaking Vote to End Employment Discrimination in State Government Today Lieutenant Governor Northam cast his first tie-breaking vote of the 2015 General Assembly in support of SB 785. His vote broke a 19-19 tie on the measure,...
