
Virginia absentee-voting deadlines approaching
The Virginia Department of Elections announces two upcoming deadlines for voters wishing to participate in the Nov. 5 General Election via an absentee ballot.

The Virginia Department of Elections announces two upcoming deadlines for voters wishing to participate in the Nov. 5 General Election via an absentee ballot.

FairVote hailed the introduction of the Ranked Choice Voting Act (HR 4464) by Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and a group of House colleagues, and marked momentum for ranked choice voting.

Absentee voting for the Nov. 5 General Election begins statewide on Friday, Sept. 20. Qualified Virginia voters may vote absentee in-person at their local voter registration office or by mail.

The Waynesboro Democratic Committee and Augusta County Democratic Committee will host a talk on “The Crisis of Elections: Myths Debunked and the Future Revealed.”

Washington Monthly released its 2019 College Rankings, in which James Madison University was at the top of the list for being one of the Best 80 Colleges for Student Voting.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement following Senate passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, a two-year bipartisan budget deal that would suspend the debt ceiling until July 2021.

The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia today filed an amicus brief along with partner civil rights groups in the D.C. voting rights case Castanon v. United States.

Absentee voting for the June 11 Virginia primary elections starts statewide tomorrow, Friday, April 26.

Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and James Langevin (D-RI) reintroduced the FAST Voting Act. The legislation aims to enhance voting system security, improve voter participation, and encourage automatic voter registration.

Senate Democrats celebrated an expansion of voting rights as SB1026 passed both the House of Delegates and Senate and now moves to the governor for his signature.
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