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Felony Disenfranchisement
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...
Request Your Virginia Absentee Ballot Application Here!
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...
T-minus 56 Days and Counting!
For ex-offenders, a roller coaster ride to vote
“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...
Voter registration is the antidote to voter suppression
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...
Trump Claims He Respects HRC supporters.
Yeah, right. Every HRC supporter with a twitter account — please weigh in on the twitter thread and beat back the trumpers....
On This 9/11, Recapture The Spirit Of Service
So now what? This 9/11 will see no forum on national service like the one in 2008, which is too bad. This strange and even harsher election season hasn’t sparked much public conversation regarding AmeriCorps expansion. Hillary Clinton has offered a plan embracing the...
Trump’s Loyalty
Donald Trump is a birther. He accused the president of being born in Kenya. Trump claimed he sent investigators on the hunt for the evidence. Then he dropped it and started a campaign for the presidency. When asked about it today he deflects to another subject as if...
The View from Trump Tower
Satire. But just barely.
Jane's For Jobs!
#GetConnected https://youtu.be/cnZ18YjD1tY A well-paying, meaningful job for every adult is at the root of addressing most of the fundamental challenges of our country. Jane supports essential job growth by working with localities to determine and then represent their...
