Restoration of Rights Overview
In the United States, only Virginia and Kentucky permanently disenfranchise all felons upon conviction, requiring an act of the Governor to restore voting rights. Virginia ...
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Civic Engagement Overview: Making Voices Heard
The voices of all people matter. We believe in the rights of workers, consumers, shareholders and taxpayers to democratic self-organization. We are dedicated to encouraging ...
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May. 8, 2012http://www.newsleader.com/article/20120508/OPINION01/205080305/1014/rss03For many of them, it was a foolish decision made when they were 18 or 19. It could have been s ...
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Jay Johnson on Jim Crow disguised as fighting voter fraud
Today, Jay Johnson, longtime board member and former-chairperson of Virginia Organizing spoke at a voting rights press conference at the General Assembly. The press conference was ...
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Protecting the Vote in Virginia Forum: 2/21 @6:30pm
This afternoon in Martinsville dozens of Virginia Organizing supporters protested against the voter suppression bills in the Virginia General Assembly.Tonight the Virginia Legisla ...
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What is Del. Marshall thinking?
The following letter to the editor was published in the Danville Register and Bee and was writen by Viriginia Organizing leader Maxine Jackson: What is Del. Marshall thinking? By: ...
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Is the Virginia General Assembly Trying to Repeal the 20th Century?
The 2012 Virginia General Assembly seems intent on taking Virginia backwards. Yesterday, Senator Dick Saslaw of Fairfax summed it up perfectly: “It seems to me there are peo ...
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VA Group: No Love for the Legislature
It's Valentine's Day, but one group isn't feeling the love from the General Assembly – and to signify that, is delivering empty broken-heart boxes to legislators ...
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The 2012 General Assembly bait and switch. We wanted jobs, we got ____________.
On Valentine's Day, Virginia Organizing supporters from Abingdon to Arlington will make their way to the Capitol for the Broken Hearts day of action to call attention to the m ...
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Valentine’s Day Action: The General Assembly Broke Our Hearts
Our hearts have been repeatedly broken by the Virginia General Assembly this year.We've been lied to:"We'll work on jobs and education, we swear!"We've been ...
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