Voting rights restored to more than 20,000 Virginia felons
They can thank Governor Terry McAuliffe.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order on Friday morning allowing people convicted of a felony who are living in the state and who have completed their sentences to register to vote. The decision allows more than 200,000 people, most of them black, the opportunity to vote in the upcoming presidential election in November, in which Virginia is a key battleground state.
The order restores the right to vote, the right to run for office, and the right to sit on a jury to all people convicted of a felony — both violent and nonviolent offenders — living in the state who have completed their prison sentence and are not on probation or parole.
“I believe it is time to cast off Virginia’s troubled history of injustice and embrace an honest, clean process of restoring the rights of these men and women,” McAuliffe said on the steps of the Virginia capitol in Richmond before signing the order.
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6 responses to Voting rights restored to more than 20,000 Virginia felons
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Hirightnow April 22nd, 2016 at 17:17
Bravo, Governor McAuliffe; there’s no reason that people affected by the laws of this country shouldn’t have a say in electing their lawmakers.
majii April 22nd, 2016 at 17:40
Watch the conservatives who say their Christianity is based on redemption freak out about this. It’s a funny thing about these individuals—they only believe in selective redemption which is reserved for only those of whom they approve/like.
whatthe46 April 22nd, 2016 at 17:49
like the digging duggars that they were so willing to forgive.
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StoneyCurtisll April 22nd, 2016 at 20:03
According to NPR it is 200,000 former felons will get the right to vote…
Thats the figure they kept quoting..
StoneyCurtisll April 22nd, 2016 at 20:19
Someone, probably an intern dropped a Zero….
It’s 200,000..
Not 20,000.