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On Thursday, the historic Virginia Voting Rights Act went into effect. The legislation restores key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that were gutted on a nationwide level by the U.S. Supreme Court.
On Monday, Gov. Ralph Northam (D) signed new legislation to expand voting access in Virginia.
Gov. Ralph Northam (D) signed the Voting Rights Act of Virginia on Wednesday, making the commonwealth the first state in the South to enact its own Voting Rights Act.
Gov. Ralph Northam (D) announced yesterday that he is restoring the voting rights of over 69,000 Virginians.
Democrats in the Virginia Legislature passed the Virginia Voting Rights Act on Thursday. House Bill 1890 is the first state-level Voting Rights Act in the South.
The Virginia Senate passed Senate Bill 1097 on Monday by a vote of 21-19, a critical step toward making absentee voting more accessible in the state.
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