Category: Voting & Voter Supression

Get Suffolk to the Polls!

admin July 24, 2018 July 24, 2018 Comments Off on Get Suffolk to the Polls!

Voter suppression; gerrymandering; fake news; hacking. All of these are threats to our democracy. But our biggest threat is people not registering to vote and voters not getting to the… Read more »

Canvassing Events this Weekend

admin May 15, 2018 May 15, 2018 Comments Off on Canvassing Events this Weekend

Another exciting election season is upon us (because it’s always an election year in Virginia), and volunteers are ready to knock on doors and make phone calls. We’re going to… Read more »

Voter Suppression Bill Passes VA Senate – Goes to House of Delegates

admin February 4, 2018 February 4, 2018 Comments Off on Voter Suppression Bill Passes VA Senate – Goes to House of Delegates

SB 523, A bill requiring that polling locations have photographs of registered voters, has passed the Virginia Senate and has moved to the House. The text of the bill is:… Read more »

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Democratic Party of Virginia Releases Delegate Selection Plan for 2020 Democratic National Convention June 20, 2019
Democratic Party of Virginia Releases Delegate Selection Plan for 2020 Democratic National Convention RICHMOND, VA. – This past weekend, the Democratic Party of Virginia formally approved the Delegate Selection Plan for the 2020 Democratic National Convention. The plan formally describes the process of how the Democratic Party of Virginia wil select its delegates to the 2020 Democratic […]
Yes or No: Do Virginia Republican 2019 candidates endorse Trump for re-election? June 19, 2019
Yes or No: Do Virginia Republican 2019 candidates endorse Trump for re-election? As Trump kicks-off his 503 day re-election campaign; Virginia Republicans running THIS YEAR must answer whether or not they endorse him RICHMOND, VA. – Donald Trump kicked off his campaign last night in Orlando with his normal attacks on the free press, the […]
Virginia Democrats Announce “Take the Majority 2019” Coordinated Campaign June 19, 2019
Virginia Democrats Announce “Take the Majority 2019” Coordinated Campaign Field program will be the largest coordinated campaign in Virginia history to flip the House of Delegates and State Senate RICHMOND, VA– Virginia Democrats announced on Wednesday that they will run the largest coordinated field campaign in the Commonwealth’s history to win Democratic majorities in the […]
NEW POLL finds support for gun control in Republican-led districts (Virginia Mercury) June 18, 2019
NEW POLL finds support for gun control in Republican-led districts THE VIRGINIA MERCURY BY MECHELLE HANKERSON A new poll conducted by a gun control group in Republican-held Virginia legislative districts found that “voters from all persuasions are widely in support of common-sense gun reforms,” including those Democrats will push during a special session to address gun […]
Democratic Party of Virginia statement on victory in House redistricting case June 17, 2019
Democratic Party of Virginia statement on victory in House redistricting case RICHMOND, VA – DPVA Chairwoman Susan Swecker released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Virginia House Republicans did not have standing to press an appeal in Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill et. al, thus upholding the federal […]
Virginia Democrats Announce Huge Numbers for SOLD-OUT 2019 Blue Commonwealth Gala June 15, 2019
Virginia Democrats Announce Huge Numbers for SOLD-OUT 2019 Blue Commonwealth Gala 1,788 tickets sold (venue capacity); Over $425,000 raised; momentum for Democrats in crucial state legislative election year RICHMOND, Va. – As Democrats from across the Commonwealth gather at Richmond’s Historic Main Street Station tonight for the DPVA’s Blue Commonwealth Gala, the Party announced huge […]
TAKE THE MAJORITY: DPVA Chairwoman Susan Swecker on 2019 Virginia Primary Results June 12, 2019
RICHMOND, VA – Democratic Party of Virginia Chairwoman Susan Swecker released the following statement tonight following the Democratic primary in Virginia. “We are going to make history this November. Tonight’s incredible Democratic energy and unity have set the stage for the first Virginia Democratic Trifecta in 26 years. Virginia Democrats need just a few seats […]
ADVISORY * THIS SATURDAY* DPVA Blue Commonwealth Gala with Buttigieg and Klobuchar June 10, 2019
RICHMOND, VA- DPVA’s signature annual event, the Blue Commonwealth Gala, will be held this Saturday, June 15th, at the historic Richmond Main Street Station. Program will begin at 7:00PM. Virginia Democratic leaders and activists from across the Commonwealth will be joined by featured speakers and presidential candidates Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana and Senator […]
EJ Dionne on Special Session: “It’s your move, Virginia.” June 5, 2019
Tone deaf GOP that shoots down gun bills on MLK Day could lose Virginia gun control fight By E.J. Dionne (here published in Staunton News-Leader) If you want to know how things have rolled in Virginia on the firearms issue, consider that Gun Lobby Day is an unofficial but highly memorable event held every year […]
Virginia Editorial Boards Praise Governor Northam’s Call for Special Session to Combat Gun Violence June 5, 2019
Washington Post Editorial Board: Virginia gun laws have never received a fair hearing. A special session might be different. Now, Virginia is mourning 12 more innocent lives senselessly lost to gun violence — 12 people slaughtered as they went about their business at a municipal center in Virginia Beach. Legislative inaction should not be acceptable to […]

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