by MCDC | Sep 7, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 2017 General Election, Action Alerts, Equal Rights, Madison County, News, Racism, Virginia, Voter Rights
Washington Post Editorial September 5, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/virginia-republicans-essentially-racist-project/2016/09/05/54a51c18-713c-11e6-8533-6b0b0ded0253_story.html?utm_term=.ddd13a405da3 IN ABOUT 40 states, people convicted of serious crimes...
by MCDC | Aug 22, 2016 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, Virginia
Governor McAuliffe’s Restoration of Rights Policy August 22, 2016 Restoring the rights of individuals who have served their time and reentered society is the right thing to do. Virginia’s felon disenfranchisement policy is rooted in a tragic history of voter...
by MCDC | Aug 7, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Virginia
Nearly 214,000 people have been placed back on the state’s prohibited voter list, weeks ahead of the Aug. 25 deadline set by the court. The 13,000 felons whose voter registrations have been canceled will receive letters early next week, according to the Virginia...
by MCDC | Aug 5, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Discrimination, News, Voter Rights
Congress has refused to do anything to restore the law’s protections, so litigation has remained the only real recourse for advocates trying to stop these voter suppression tactics more and more state legislatures have been adopting. In Virginia, a three-judge federal...
by MCDC | Jul 23, 2016 | Discrimination, Equal Rights
“I will expeditiously sign nearly 13,000 individual orders to restore the fundamental rights of the citizens who have had their rights restored and registered to vote. And I will continue to sign orders until I have completed restoration for all 200,000...
