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Virginia Is Missing Out On Huge Voter Blocs

When we talk about voting rights in advocacy, we usually talk about people who’ve had their rights taken away because of felony convictions, but there’s a huge community of people we forget who don’t have voting rights––Virginia undocumented immigrants. Despite being written into the U.S. Constitution, history shows us the receipts that the right to […]

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Second Class Citizens: The Fight for Voting Rights Continues

“Well I can’t vote for any of them anyway. I have a felony.” I might have heard a statement like that at least a hundred times when I was registering voters during my fellowship with New Virginia Majority. It was 2014 and I was chosen to participate in a Virginia initiative created to commemorate the […]

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Don’t Believe the Hype: Republican Attacks on Pre-Existing Conditions Are Crystal Clear

Richmond, Virginia—Though some would like you to believe otherwise, the fact is that Republicans in the General Assembly have repeatedly voted for legislation that would make it more difficult for people with pre-existing conditions to access care. From opposing the Affordable Care Act to refusing to pass Medicaid Expansion until voters demanded it, legislative Republicans […]