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At any given moment, we're being bombarded by a dozen BREAKING NEWS stories slapped across the bottom of the TV screen. There's a blizzard of articles analyzing the tiniest developments in high-profile races and pundits endlessly argue with each other on the cable shows. It's easy to miss things when info dumps are constantly raining on your head. Sometimes, you just need a different point of view, a place above the fray.
This is that place. This is the VAntage point: A newsletter highlighting what's happening in VA politics that you may have missed. |
The VAntage Point #2
Here are a few recent developments that were easy to miss in the deluge of news stories…
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The big news is that on April 28th the state attorney general announced that Virginians will not need to have a witness sign absentee ballots they mail in for the June primary election. Now all Virginians can safely vote without risking their health or potentially exposing others during the ongoing pandemic.
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Predictably, the Virginia Republican Party is fighting this measure that makes it easier for Virginians to vote in June. They’re pulling out their old, tired (and completely baseless) cries of “voting fraud” -- because they know that when Virginians vote, Democrats win.
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The ACLU won a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Virginia to waive the witness signature requirement on mail-in ballots for the June primary. While the Virginia attorney general had already agreed to the request, the federal judge’s decision is a huge win in the national fight to expand access to the ballot.
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DPVA Chair Susan Swecker and the chairs of the Privileges and Elections Committees in the Virginia House and Senate, Creigh Deeds and Joe Lindsey, authored an eloquent and forceful piece in The Washington Post that argues for the expansion of voting rights across the country. The Virginia General Assembly passed a series of bills before the pandemic started that makes voting much easier for Virginians, and that should be a model for the rest of the country.
These developments are proof that when Virginia elects Democratic leaders, our Commonwealth moves forward. We’ve made some amazing progress recently but if we want it to continue we need to re-elect Virginia Democrats in Congress. Will you donate today to send our entire Democratic congressional delegation back to Washington?
Until next time, this is the VAntage Point.
Stay safe,
Team DPVA
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