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Virginia Launches Online Voter Registration
News Release For Immediate Release: July 23, 2013 For More Information: Justin Riemer: 804-864-8904 Justin.Riemer@sbe.virginia.gov RICHMOND, VA –Today, the State Board of Elections (SBE), in partnership with the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV),...
Voting Rights Act: Down But Not Dead
The Supreme Court’s activist conservative majority, in a 5-4 vote on June 25, threw out the provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act which required states and localities (mostly in the Old Confederacy) to clear any changes in electoral law with the federal Department...
Consider the Source
Throughout American history virtually every legislative initiative for progressive reform has been achieved only after bitter struggle by citizens, workers and advocates demanding fundamental rights and protections. In each case, they were met with claims that the...
You Mean, Just Write a Check?
Rachel Maddow reports the latest developments in the gift-accepting scandal surrounding Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and Virginia Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, including the realization by Cuccinelli that he is meant to pay for the...
Another Look at Minimum Wage
A tip-of-the-hat to Ginny from carolinedems.com At a time when employers are cutting workers' hours simply to avoid having to provide health insurance, one needs to work 88 or more hours a week (in Virginia and 14 other states) just to afford a 2-bedroom apartment....
Women’s Strike Force Endorses Traci Dippert
Women's Strike Force "We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents joining together to fight for women." The Women's Strike Force is pleased to announce our endorsed candidates for the 2013 Virginia House of Delegates races. The ninteen challengers and three...
Cuccinelli’s Crusade
UPDATE: Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday denied the request for a stay from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s attorney general, has garnered more than his share of national attention over the years, with high-profile legal crusades...
Women’s Equality Day Celebration
Within 24 hours of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the law requiring nine states to submit voting law changes to the federal government for pre-clearance, five (including Virginia) are already moving ahead with voter ID laws, some of which had previously...
Gerrymandering: The Legal Way to Rig an Election
When was the last time you saw a front page headline about gerrymandering? Before the 2010 election, conservatives launched a plan to win control of state legislatures before the census. The idea was to be in power when national congressional districts were redrawn in...
