The new epicenter of America’s fight over abortion rights is Henrico County, Virginia, where candidates in bellwether state elections this fall are staking out positions that could test how both ...

To qualify for statewide office in Virginia, candidates must gather a minimum of 10,000 signatures, with at least 400 coming from each of the state's 11 congressional districts.

Then, in 1902, the state produced a new constitution that set up a system of taxes and tests that effectively disenfranchised 90 percent of the remaining black voters and almost half of white voters.

To qualify for statewide office in Virginia, candidates must gather a minimum of 10,000 signatures, with at least 400 coming from each of the state's 11 congressional districts.