VOTING RIGHTS

The GWFC Star Women’s Club is teaming up with the Melrose Library and the NAACP Roanoke Branch to host a free movie and discussion on Tuesday night.

Voting: It’s one of the most American things we do every two years -- and along with it comes the peaceful transfer of power, democracy in action, and the voices of the people heard in the solemn right of civic duty.

He wants all Americans to be able to cast their ballots in the way that works best for them, regardless of what zip code they live in.

ROANOKE, Va. – Lawmakers in Richmond are considering dueling proposals that aim to restore voting rights to felons. The House of Delegates voted to automatically restore rights upon release while the Senate of Virginia approved a measure that would end felon disenfranchisement altogether. Deb Wake, the president of the League of Women Voters of Virginia and advocate for voting rights, said she agrees more with the Senate’s proposal as it would help fight against systemic racism that has targeted Black people for years. “We think that it is more equitable to preserve the right to vote and not to take it away,” said Wake. “Not to have to restore it.”Lawmakers will have to choose which resolution they want to pursue.