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The Art of the Gerrymander

  If you’ve been following the 2014 midterm elections, you know there’s very little chance that the U.S. House of Representatives will go blue this year. One reason is gerrymandering, where congressional districts are redrawn to either pack opposing voters into...

Fact-Checking Perry’s Spin Machine

Spin 1: A partisan witch hunt produced Perry’s criminal charges. NOT TRUE. Over 36 years the Travis Co. Public Integrity Unit prosecuted 21 officials: 6 Republicans and 15 Democrats. At the time of Perry’s $7.5 million veto, the vast majority of that unit’s case load...

Voting rights trampled in Virginia

If you have problems at the polls on November 4, please call the election protection hotline at 1-866-687-8683 (OUR-VOTE) right away. The recent, confusing development in Virginia’s photo identification requirements for voters carries even more serious implications...

Voter Fraud Farce

About 300,000 Virginia voters lack an ID issued by the state Department of Motor Vehicles.  Voters can obtain a free photo ID from any local registrar's office. More information can be obtained by visiting www.GotIDVirginia.org or by calling the election protection...

Democrats push for details on Medicaid session

The Daily Press "Not only do we not have a plan, we don't even have a process." The General Assembly is to convene next month to talk about Medicaid expansion, but there's still no firm word on the scope of what they'll tackle – or even what kind of legislation, if...

Just Thought You Should Know

Historical sketch … The power to issue executive orders comes from both Congress and the Constitution. Every president has used executive orders; Washington issued the first 3 orders within months after being sworn into office. Presidents have used executive orders to...

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Madison, VA 22727-0081