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U.S. Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons
Friday, April 22, 2016 21:27
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It’s Your Backyard Ventura County By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ERIK ECKHOLM APRIL 22, 2016 WASHINGTON — Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia used his executive power on Friday to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons, circumventing the Republican-run legislature. The action effectively overturns a Civil War-era provision in the state’s Constitution aimed, he said, at disenfranchising African-Americans. The […]
Source: http://citizensjournal.us/u-s-virginia-governor-restores-voting-rights-to-felons/
