by MCDC | Feb 15, 2017 | News, Virginia
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/general-assembly-kills-redistricting-reform-efforts/article_c9484274-f2c0-11e6-bfd2-2b8d634d979d.html Republican members of the House Privileges and Elections subcommittee voted against reporting one of several redistricting bills...
by MCDC | Jan 28, 2017 | Action Alerts, Video, Virginia
In Virginia, state legislators redraw district lines for the U.S. Congress, the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia after every 10-year census. Under the current system, the party in power in the House and the party in power in the Senate can draw...
by MCDC | Jun 15, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 2017 General Election, Action Alerts, Virginia
How Republican legislators and political operatives fundamentally rigged our American democracy through redistricting. “With Barack Obama’s historic election in 2008, pundits proclaimed the Republicans as dead as the Whigs of yesteryear. Yet even as Democrats...
by MCDC | Jun 7, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Employment, Income Inequality, Issues, Madison County, Minimum Wage, Voter Rights
The Madison County Democratic Committee is pleased to announce an Afternoon of Advocacy, focusing on two key matters of concern for Virginia voters. To be held on June 12 at 4:00 PM at the Madison County Chamber of Commerce, the program will feature special guests...
by MCDC | Jul 7, 2015 | 2015 General Election, 2016 General Election, 2017 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Virginia, Voter Rights
Download report This is the least understood and least reported big issue in Virginia. Our state government is an all-powerful disaster zone. The normal checks and balances on a state legislature are: 1. Federal government. 2. State judiciary. 3. Local government....
