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Charlottesville Sees Double-Digit Increase in Voter Registrationnew

Before the votes can be tallied, the voters must be tallied. Local registrars have been slowly shoveling themselves out from the flurry of paperwork they received around the October 6 voter registration deadline.
C-Ville Weekly  |  John Robinson  |  10-22-2008  |  Politics

Why the Death of the Virginia GOP Could Be Good for Republicansnew

As the polls continue to go south for John McCain, and the chances of Senate hopeful Jim Gilmore picking off Mark Warner slip from infinitesimal to "President Kucinich" levels of impossibility, we thought we'd take a quick look at the current state of the Old Dominion's convulsing conservative landscape.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  10-16-2008  |  Commentary

Va. Law Offers No Recourse if Fired for Political Viewsnew

With a month to go before the election, you've probably pulled into the work parking lot with that Obama O on the side of your car or watched the Katie Couric-Sarah Palin interview in your cubicle. But you might want to be careful if your boss' politics run the other way.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Mark Meier  |  10-08-2008  |  Politics

The Virginia GOP Pulls Out All the Stopsnew

Unless we're mistaken, the party is attempting the most complex, awe-inspiring and diabolical use of reverse psychology ever perpetrated upon the voting public to help McCain take the White House.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  10-01-2008  |  Politics

Can Obama Turn Out the Youth Vote in November?new

In Virginia alone, over 100,000 folks have registered to vote in the last three months, and that's on top of the 150,000 who signed up during the primaries. And a huge chunk of these suffrage-seeking newbies are baby voters -- of the 49,000 who registered in August, a whopping 40 percent were ages 25 or under.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  09-17-2008  |  Politics

Biden's Smart Reaction to Palin Hubbubnew

Over the longer term, the Palin pick will probably collapse under the weight of its own lightness, and Biden is entirely correct not to react to her in any significant way.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Alan Zimmerman  |  09-10-2008  |  Commentary

As He Eyes VP Slot, Sen. Jim Webb Presents a New Version of Himselfnew

It certainly hasn't escaped our notice that Webb has undergone a bit of a personality transfer as of late, and seems to be mellowing into a slightly-less-combative, slightly-more-effective version of the tough-talking SOB that we've come to know and ... well, maybe not love, but at least regard with brotherly affection.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  06-11-2008  |  Commentary

Voting Rights Elusive for Ex-Felons in Virginianew

The Sentencing Project estimates that one in 41 adults have lost their voting rights because of a felony conviction. And while each state has its own laws regarding the restoration of a felon's civil rights, Virginia has one of the harshest sets of laws that make restoring your civil rights after a felony conviction a slog through a bureaucratic wasteland.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Scott Weaver  |  05-21-2008  |  Politics

Election '08: Grading the Candidates on Sex Ednew

Planned Parenthood's Becky Reid on John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Scott Weaver  |  04-30-2008  |  Politics

John McCain's Excellent Virginia Adventurenew

Some students weren't too pleased that attendance was compulsory for McCain's speech at his old stomping ground, Alexandria's Episcopal High School.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  04-16-2008  |  Politics

Virginia Lawmakers Play a Little Sexual Politicsnew

A number of eye-popping reports have recently been released on the sexual state of our (increasingly libidinal) nation, and so it came as no surprise that the wise old men of Richmond felt the need to take immediate corrective action ... by slashing every penny of state funding to Planned Parenthood of Virginia.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  04-02-2008  |  Politics

What Obama's Virginia Victory Says About Usnew

Behind Barack Obama's decisive victory in Virginia's primary lay the presence of the late Irene Morgan, who battled bus segregation in Virginia, but never became as famous as Rosa Parks.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  02-20-2008  |  Commentary

Stick a Fork in George Allen -- He's Donenew

The one-time high-flying Virginia governor, senator and probable presidential nominee (all until "macaca"), signals the end of his career in politics with a bland, platitude-filled missive declaring that he (quel surprise!) will not re-seek the governorship in 2009.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  01-23-2008  |  Commentary

Would You Vote for This (Black) Man?new

UVA prof Vesla Weaver explores political implications of skin color.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Scott Weaver  |  01-09-2008  |  Politics

Virginia's Primary Dreamsnew

Could the state's voters actually make a difference this year?
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  01-09-2008  |  Commentary

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