It's All About Virginia's Election- A Crucial Webinar - Indivisible Ulster

Posted July 27, 2021

Event Details

Date: July 29, 2021 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Categories: Action, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster

Link to Register: https://actionnetwork.org/events/road-to-the-midterms-july-22-2021-planning-virginia-2021?link_id=1&can_id=ba0e20923cbdc5ca00701afbcde07c5b&source=email-weekly-update-from-center-for-common-groundreclaim-our-vote-10&email_referrer=&email_subject=weekly-update-from-center-for-common-groundreclaim-our-vote

IT’S ALL ABOUT VIRGINIA

In contrast to states such as Arizona, Texas, Georgia, and Florida – which have passed racist voter suppression laws in recent years – Virginia has become, as the New York Times put it, “a voting rights bastion.”

Please help us ensure this continues.

Sign up here for the webinar July 29 at 8 pm Eastern to hear our plans for Virginia!

This past year, Virginia has

instituted 45 days of early voting;

implemented no-excuse absentee voting;

repealed the state’s photo ID law;

enacted automatic voter registration for anyone who receives a Virginia driver’s license;

made Election Day a state holiday;

required public feedback or state Attorney General approval for local election changes, such as moving voting precincts;

passed a Voter’s Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits racial discrimination or intimidation related to voting, allowing voters and the state Attorney General to sue over voter discrimination.

passed a constitutional amendment creating a bipartisan redistricting commission to eliminate partisan gerrymandering;

begun the process of amending the state constitution to restore voting rights to people with past felony convictions.

On November 2, Virginians will go to the polls to elect a new Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and all 100 state delegates. The newly elected policymakers will decide the future of the state’s voting rights laws. Reclaim Our Vote wants to help protect the advances Virginia has made by encouraging voter turnout in key communities.

Starting August 1, we will be writing postcards to almost a million Virginia voters of color, alerting them that Early Voting starts in mid-September and that their voting rights are at stake. The postcards will be mailed in early September.