More Than 200,000 of Virginia’s Ex-Felons Will Soon Have Their Voting Rights Restored
4/24/16
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from Mother Jones,
4/22/16:
On Friday, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced that more than 200,000 of the state’s former felons will soon have their voting rights restored—a move that will allow convicted felons who have completed their sentences to vote in this year’s presidential election. McAuliffe described the executive order as a step towards correcting the state’s longstanding history of disenfranchising African Americans from the voting process.
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