Zincy 
In Vino Veritas
Virginia has spent the past 6 months making it _*easier_* to vote instead of harder.
We passed a law in November ending Gerrymandering, as districts are now drawn up by an independent committee and approved by non-partisan courts.
There is currently a bill that should pass by next week that restructures voting in VA. Voting materials, like ballots and information, will now be printed in multiple languages. "At large" municipal elections are being restricted, so municipalities cannot just vote themselves into power. Local election officials will have to open up a 30 day public comment period before any changes to voting laws, and it empowers the AG to sue if there are suspected incidents of racial discrimination in voting.
Bills already passed include making ballot drop boxes permanent and increasing the number, adding optional Sunday in person early voting, and of course last year we became the first southern state to repeal the voting ID law.
Republicans, predictably, are screaming and raging.
Between this, the demographics changes, the the rise of NOVA as a voting bloc, Republicans have likely lost Virginia for the foreseeable future.
We passed a law in November ending Gerrymandering, as districts are now drawn up by an independent committee and approved by non-partisan courts.
There is currently a bill that should pass by next week that restructures voting in VA. Voting materials, like ballots and information, will now be printed in multiple languages. "At large" municipal elections are being restricted, so municipalities cannot just vote themselves into power. Local election officials will have to open up a 30 day public comment period before any changes to voting laws, and it empowers the AG to sue if there are suspected incidents of racial discrimination in voting.
Bills already passed include making ballot drop boxes permanent and increasing the number, adding optional Sunday in person early voting, and of course last year we became the first southern state to repeal the voting ID law.
Republicans, predictably, are screaming and raging.
Between this, the demographics changes, the the rise of NOVA as a voting bloc, Republicans have likely lost Virginia for the foreseeable future.