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Low Turnout in Virginia: It's Also About Felon Disenfranchisement  Printer-Friendly |
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Tova Andrea Wang,
The Century Foundation,
11/9/2009
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Lost in all the political spin around the elections this week is the issue of, once again, abominable turnout. The conventional wisdom is that this is always the case for an “off year” election, as though that were in itself some legitimate justification or reason not to care. The importance of our democracy tells us it is not. The situation in Virginia was particularly disheartening. But Virginia’s new governor, Robert McDonnell, can take a step towards doing something about that. Continue Reading on the Taking Note Blog.
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