Final week for absentee voting in Virginia
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This week marks the countdown to the final days in which Virginia voters may cast an Absentee Ballot for the upcoming November 4, 2014, General Election.
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Saturday is first of two absentee voting days in Virginia
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Saturday marks the first of two Saturdays before the November 4 General Election, in which Virginia voters may cast an in-person absentee ballot at their local voter registration office.
McAuliffe administration has restored voting rights to 2,500 Virginians
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that his administration has restored the voting rights of more than 2,500 Virginians who were convicted of a felony, served their time and paid their debts to society.
Groups push Cantor, Goodlatte on Voting Rights Act
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Local chapters of civil rights and voting groups are taking out full page ads in the Roanoke Times and Richmond Times-Dispatch calling on their members of Congress to move the process forward on the bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act
Opinion: What McAuliffe must do on voting rights restoration
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We commend Gov. McDonnell for loosening the Commonwealth’s grip on its felony disenfranchisement law. But we need to do more. We hope that Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe will build on that progress by establishing a truly automatic restoration process for all Virginia citizens who have lost those voting rights due to a felony conviction.
Groups differ on impact of governor’s move on voting rights
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Virginia Organizing Chairperson Sandra A. Cook offered praise for Gov. Bob McDonnell after the governor’s office announced today a set of procedures for the new, more automated process of restoration of civil rights for former nonviolent felons. “For 15 years Virginia Organizing has been working in the state to make sure those people who have…
Ken Plum: Voting rights need protections
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The Supreme Court had an historic week recently with major decisions on gay marriage, immigration and voting. I am particularly concerned about the decision that I believe does major damage to the Voting Rights Act.
ACLU challenges McDonnell to step up voting rights restoration
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The ACLU of Virginia sent Gov. Bob McDonnell a letter this week asking him to extend his new policy granting automatic restoration of voting rights to the largest number possible of those persons now disenfranchised by Virginia’s Jim Crow-era law permanently barring ex-felons from voting.
Supreme Court strikes down key provision of Voting Rights Act
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A 5-4 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court handed down today has struck down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The court, split along ideological lines, ruled that Congress had used obsolete reasoning in requiring several Southern states to get federal approval for voting rules changes affecting blacks and other minorities.
Sen. Mark Warner urges commission to look at voting wait times
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) today sent a letter to the chairmen of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, Robert F. Bauer and Benjamin L. Ginsberg, urging them to take strong steps to address the hours-long election lines that too many voters endured during the 2012 election.
