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  • Power Analysis 2024

    Power Analysis 2024

    “We are the little engine that became a locomotive,” said Board member Jay Johnson. We were delighted to convene for our annual Power Analysis again this year in Massanetta Springs ...

  • 2024 Legislative Priorities

    2024 Legislative Priorities

    The 2024 General Assembly session begins Wednesday, January 10 and ends March 9. Our power as an organization is in the people who take action with us, and thanks to you we've buil ...

  • Chapter Updates November 2023

    Chapter Updates November 2023

    We attended Grassroots Gathering 2023 in Richmond! It was great to connect with other chapters and learn at the many workshops. We rallied in support of voting rights, demanding th ...

  • Virginia Organizing to March on Governor’s Mansion Saturday, November 4

    Virginia Organizing to March on Governor’s Mansion Saturday, November 4

    What: March to protest the Youngkin administration's rollback of restoration of rights When: Saturday, November 4 at 10:30 a.m. Where: Departs from St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 8 ...

Opinion/Letter: Ashamed of opposition to voting rights

Opinion/Letter: Ashamed of opposition to voting rights

Letter to the Editor Published in The Daily Progress On April 22, my opinion of Virginia vastly improved with the governor's executive order that allowed more than 200,000 former ...

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Updated Restoration of Civil Rights Process Announced

Updated Restoration of Civil Rights Process Announced

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced a new process for restoration of civil rights on Monday, August 22 to comply with the Supreme Court of Virginia orders on July 22, 2016 ...

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Restoration Update!

Restoration Update!

Today, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that he restored the rights of nearly 13,000 individuals after the Supreme Court of Virginia ordered the Department of Elections to cance ...

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Virginia’s McAuliffe to announce restoration of voting rights to 13,000 felons

Virginia’s McAuliffe to announce restoration of voting rights to 13,000 felons

Published by the Washington Post Gov. Terry McAuliffe will announce Monday that he has restored voting rights to 13,000 felons on a case-by-case basis after Republicans and state ...

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Roger Chesley: Justices’ smackdown of McAuliffe’s attempts to restore felons’ voting rights isn’t final word

Roger Chesley: Justices’ smackdown of McAuliffe’s attempts to restore felons’ voting rights isn’t final word

Published by the Virginian-Pilot.  I hesitated to call Patricia Skinner on Monday. I didn’t want to further muddle a confusing situation. Skinner, a former felon-turned-health car ...

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BREAKING: Supreme Disappointment from Virginia’s High Court

BREAKING: Supreme Disappointment from Virginia’s High Court

Tonight, the Virginia Supreme Court issued a stunning blow to the progress Governor Terry McAuliffe has made on voting rights by ruling that his latest restoration of rights order ...

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Supreme Disappointment: Virginia Organizing Responds to Restoration Decision

Supreme Disappointment: Virginia Organizing Responds to Restoration Decision

Virginia Organizing State Governing Board member and returning citizen Duane Edwards issued the following statement upon learning of the Virginia Supreme Court's decision on resto ...

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Virginia Organizing Works to Register Voters Across the State, Focuses on Returning Citizens

Virginia Organizing Works to Register Voters Across the State, Focuses on Returning Citizens

Charlottesville, Va.—Virginia Organizing, a non-partisan statewide grassroots organization, is working to register voters across the Commonwealth, focusing on finding returning ci ...

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Celebrate What McAuliffe Has Done

Celebrate What McAuliffe Has Done

Published by Danville Register & Bee I have noticed a series of articles critical to Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s executive order that restored voting rights to returning citizens w ...

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After Danville event, ex-offender voting applications rise

After Danville event, ex-offender voting applications rise

Published by Danville Register & Bee.  Dozens of ex-offenders have applied to register to vote in Danville since a recent rights restoration event attended by Secretary of the ...

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