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Gov. Spanberger Restores Voting Rights for More than 66K Virginians
The administration also dropped a requirement to show all fines and restitution were paid, and it says fewer than 10,000 people were restored under Glenn Youngkin.
- On Friday, Governor Abigail Spanberger announced she has restored voting and civil rights to 66,085 Virginians since taking office in January. Recipients can now vote, serve on juries, and run for public office.
- This reversal replaces the restrictive process implemented by predecessor Republican Glenn Youngkin, whose administration "gutted" the streamlined system used by earlier governors. Youngkin required individual applications, resulting in fewer than 10,000 restorations during his four years.
- Secretary of the Commonwealth Candi Mundon King stated the team reviews every individual with law enforcement partners using a streamlined, online system. The administration also proactively identifies eligible Virginians to restore their rights.
- Virginia voters will decide on a constitutional amendment November 3 to make voter restoration automatic. Spanberger labeled the current disenfranchisement policy "a shameful relic of our Jim Crow past" and urged support for the referendum.
- The state's constitution currently strips voting rights from citizens convicted of felonies, making it one of only three states with permanent disenfranchisement. This November vote could end that automatic process and restore gubernatorial discretion.
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JUST IN: “A Shameful Relic of Our Jim Crow Past” – Democrat Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger Restores Voting Rights for 66,000 Felons Before Midterms * The Gateway Pundit * by Jordan Conradson
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger announced on Friday that her administration has restored voting rights for more than 66,000 felons since taking office in…
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Spanberger reinstates 66,000 felons' voting rights
Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) has restored voting rights to 66,085 Virginians with previous felony convictions since taking office, she announced Friday. Virginia’s constitution automatically and permanently strips voting rights of all convicted felons, making them ineligible to perform duties such as voting or serving on a jury after they complete their prison sentence. The one legal exception to this permanent rollback is if the governor pers…
·Washington, United States
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