by MCDC | Sep 16, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Employment, Minimum Wage, News, Virginia
This November, voters in Virginia will head to the polls to choose the next President of the United States, but that’s not all that’s on the ballot… Voters will decide on Amendment 1 – an attempt to enshrine part of Virginia’s existing...
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 14, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Discrimination, History, News, Racism, Virginia
More than one in five African-Americans in Virginia are disenfranchised, according to The Sentencing Project, a Washington-based nonprofit that focuses on criminal justice. McAuliffe has said the reinstatement of felons’ voting rights would distance Virginia from Jim...
by MCDC | Sep 13, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Madison County, News, Virginia
Deadline to register to vote, or update an existing registration, for the November 8, 2016 General Election is Monday, October 17, 2016 Deadline to request an absentee ballot to be mailed to you is 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Your request must be received by...
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...
