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Clemson is the preseason favorite to claim the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship, according to a poll of 158 media members in attendance at the 2015 ACC Football Kickoff at Pinehurst Resort.
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Two years after the Supreme Court removed core protections in the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined a group of their colleagues to introduce the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 (VRAA), legislation that would restore and advance voting protections for all Americans.
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Virginia Organizing leaders were present as Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that formerly incarcerated individuals will no longer need to satisfy all court costs and fees in order to have their civil rights restored by the Governor.
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An election that won’t happen for a year and a half and is likely to pit two disastrously bad presidential candidates against each other dominates the news, but here in Charlottesville there’s a local election on June 9th worth bothering with.
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Equality Virginia applauds Fairfax County School Board Members for voting on Thursday to update Fairfax County Public Schools’ non-discrimination policy to include gender identity.
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Absentee voting for Charlottesville’s June 9th Democratic primary is now in its second week. Five candidates are on the ballot seeking the Democratic Party’s nominations for three City Council seats.
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The State Board of Elections (SBE) decertified the AVS WINVote equipment at its public meeting today. The WINVote system is currently used in 30 localities, totaling more than 560 precincts around the state.
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The Department of Elections released an Interim Report on Voting Equipment Performance, Usage and Certification on Wednesday that identifies serious security concerns with WINVote voting equipment, particularly with the wireless capability of the system.
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The Republican-controlled Senate Privileges and Elections Committee ok’d an extreme proposal to restrict some of Virginia’s most vulnerable citizens from being able to participate in the democratic process on a party line vote.
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Tuesday afternoon, the Republican-controlled Senate Privileges & Elections Committee defeated several Democratic bills to make voting easier.
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