Virginia Governor Bypasses Court Ruling To Help 200,000 Ex-Felons Vote
(T)he Supreme Court of Virginia (USA) stripped away the voting rights from 200,000 ex-offenders who had recently regained full civil rights through one of (Virginia governor Terry) McAuliffe’s executive orders...
But just hours after the decision, McAuliffe vowed to push back by signing clemency grants for...all 206,000 (of) the state’s ex-offenders one by one...before the October deadline...
(T)he vast majority of those impacted — 80 percent — committed non-violent crimes. Most have been out of prison for more than a decade...
If you've served your time, completed your probation or parole, made any restitution, and stayed out of additional trouble, that's fine by me!
