Virginia's governor will restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons. A Republican backlash is likely.
Friday, April 22, 2016 11:08 AM EDT
Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia will use his executive power to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons, circumventing his Republican-run legislature. The action will overturn a Civil War-era provision in the state’s Constitution aimed, he said, at disenfranchising African-Americans.
The sweeping order, in a swing state that could play a role in the presidential election, will enable felons who have served their prison time and finished parole to register to vote. Most are African-Americans, a core constituency of Democrats, Mr. McAuliffe’s party.
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