Monday, February 8, 2021

The Virginia General Assembly is now considering two bills that would restore voting rights to all returning citizens. You may remember that Gov McAuliffe by executive order restored voting rights to 173,000 returning citizens who had been convicted of a felony. The Virginia Supreme Court struck down Gov. McAuliffe's executive order declaring it was unconstitutional. Gov. McAuliffe then restored voting rights individually to over 200,000 returning citizens. Clearly, the right to vote should not be dependent on the political orientation of the Governor. Everyone who has served his or her sentence should be free to vote without exception.  Please support the General Assembly's work on restoring voting rights. Read more about the two bills being considered in yesterday's Richmond's Post-Dispatch.