JMU picked fourth in preseason CAA hoops voting

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With the return of seven key players and a talented group of newcomers ready to contribute immediately, James Madison was picked to finish fourth in the 12-team Colonial Athletic Association in a vote of coaches, sports information directors, and media representatives as announced at the league’s annual media day on Tuesday at Champps Restaurant. JMU’s…

Voting changes in store in Waynesboro?

Chris Graham

On the horizon in Waynesboro – a fifth city voting ward and November city elections. Both could be among suggestions early next year from voter registrar Lisa Wooten. The talk about creating a fifth voting ward is being pushed by population growth in the city’s West End, especially in the area currently constituting Ward D….

Sanford D. Horn: Voting no-confidence in government

Column by Sanford D. Horn Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Here’s a shocking revelation: government, regardless of the party in power, does not create jobs. Confidence in government, however, is a driving force in job creation by the private sector. Giving government unfettered freedom to run roughshod over our Creator-endowed rights – that hinders job…

Groups critical of McDonnell action on voting rights

Chris Graham

Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today a new procedure for restoring the voting rights of former felons that voting-rights advocacy groups feel falls short of the goal of making it easier for people who have paid their debt to society to get back on the voting rolls. “These changes hardly…

Sanford D. Horn: Voting wrongs, gun rights

Chris Graham

Column by Sanford D. Horn Submit guest columns: [email protected]   The Washington Post, the alleged newspaper of record for the nation’s capitol and its metropolitan area, over the past seven days ending with Saturday, April 24, 2010, ran six articles, editorials or columns each decrying the lack of voting rights yet to bestowed upon the…

Letter requirement for restoration of voting rights dropped

Chris Graham

Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Gov. Bob McDonnell is reportedly pulling back from a proposal that would have required nonviolent offenders in Virginia seeking to have their voting rights restored to write a letter describing the nature of their crime, community services, church activities, improvement made to their educational status, and an explanation as…

Bill to ease absentee voting passes Senate

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   Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The State Senate on Monday passed legislation expanding access to absentee ballots and making it easier for all Virginians to participate in the electoral process. Sponsored by Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax), the bill, SB 83, will allow any qualified voter to cast an absentee ballot in person without providing…