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Governor Spanberger Restores Voting Rights for 100,000 Virginians, Calls for Constitutional Amendment

28 Aug 2026 2:45 p.m. · Source: Office of Virginia Governor

Governor Spanberger announced 100,000 Virginians had their voting rights restored, calling the state's felony disenfranchisement a "shameful relic." She urged support for a constitutional amendment for automatic restoration.

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Historic August 28th Dates Mark Key Civil Rights and Suffrage Protests

28 Aug 2026 8:02 a.m. · Source: U.S. Library of Congress

On August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands marched in Washington, D.C., for civil rights. Decades earlier, on the same date in 1917, suffragists were arrested picketing the White House, advocating for women's right to vote.

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