great news for this overwhelmingly republican state.
Hundreds of ex-convicts will get a chance to vote in the upcoming presidential election, thanks to Gov. Mark R. Warner, who has restored civil rights to more people than anyone else in Virginia’s modern history.
Warner (a democarat) says
'Virginia had what may have been the most restrictive restoration-of-rights process of any state in the nation. I do not believe ex-offenders should face unnecessary hurdles when they are making a positive, good-faith effort to return to productive citizenship.'
Most states automatically restore a felon’s right to vote once he or she has completed a sentence, paid fines and made restitution. Virginia is one of only seven states where felons have their voting rights taken away for life.
this is great. voting rights for EVERYONE. i think, just maybe, this was the way it was meant to be.
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