Content Categorized with "D.C. Voting Rights"
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The Right to Vote: The case of the people of our nation's capital
- Posted: April 14, 2011
- Author(s): , Jo McKeegan, Right to Vote Blog
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, Right to Vote Amendment, Home, FairVote
Although the District has a delegate in the U.S. House (Eleanor Holmes Norton) who can propose legislation and serve on committee, she does not have voting rights in Congress. The District lacks even a delegate in the U.S. Senate, even though Congress can veto any bill passed by the District and often considers “riders’ on bills that would change laws governing the residents of the District – a classic case of “taxation without representation.”
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Live Blogging from the polls in DC
- Posted: November 2, 2010
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, Home, FairVote
Election Day is here! Amy Ngai, Director of Program for Representative Government at FairVote, is working the polls in DC.
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Voting Rights Act turns 45
- Posted: August 6, 2010
- Author(s): Tom Sanchez, Right to Vote Blog
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, U.S. Senate Vacancy Elections, Home
Although the Voting Rights Act turns 45, we still have much ground to cover in the effort to obtain an constitutional Right to Vote.
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President Obama Calls for DC Voting Rights
- Posted: April 16, 2010
- Author(s): Adam Fogel
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, Home
On Emancipation Day 2010, President Obama calls on Congress to give representation to the District of Columbia and improve the Home Rule Charter.
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Anything Else, Mr. President?
- Posted: January 28, 2010
- Author(s): Adam Fogel
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, Home
The issue of DC Voting Rights was conspicuously absent from last night's State of the Union Address.
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D.C. City Council Passes Election Omnibus
- Posted: November 5, 2009
- Author(s): Adam Fogel
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, Home, FairVote
The D.C. City Council passed the final reading of the the sweeping Omnibus Election Reform Act of 2009.
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FairVote's Adam Fogel Advises DC Council to Pass Election Reform
- Posted: July 13, 2009
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, FairVote
Adam Fogel, director of FairVote's Right to Vote program, testified before the Washington, D.C. City Council's Committee on Government Operations and the Environment on Monday, June 13th in support of the Omnibus Election Reform Act of 2009. Fogel told the committee that this important bill lays the foundation for making the District's election laws among the most progressive in the country, giving the city the opportunity to serve as a shining example to rest of the nation.
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Senate Passes Bill Giving the District a House Vote
- Posted: February 26, 2009
- Author(s): Mary Beth Sheridan
- Publication: The Washington Post
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, FairVote
The U.S. Senate passed the DC House Voting Rights Act, but attached an amendment that would eliminate most of the District's gun control laws. -
U.S. Senate Approves D.C. Vote
- Posted: February 26, 2009
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, FairVote
On Thursday, February 26, the U.S. Senate voted 61 to 37 in favor of the DC House Voting Rights Act (S. 160), but added a controversial amendment eliminating most of the District's strict gun control laws.
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We'll Take It'
- Posted: February 18, 2009
- Author(s): Editorial
- Publication: The New York Times
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, FairVote
The New York Times Editorial Board endorses the DC Voting Rights Act of 2009.