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| Virginia's Nonviolent Felons Get Voting Rights Victory |
| By bet.com - Jonathan B. Hicks |
| Published: 05/30/2013 |
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A number of civil rights groups and advocacy organizations are hailing the decision of Virginia Bob McDonnell to restore the voting rights of people who had served time for nonviolent felonies. For months, a number of groups have urged the governor to restore the voting rights to citizens who had been convicted of nonviolent felonies, reversing a policy of permanently disenfranchising such residents from being able to vote. That left an estimated 350,000 people unable to cast ballots. The governor announced he will implement a policy, through an executive action, that would allow those voting rights to be restored upon the completion of a convicted person’s sentence. “We commend Gov. McDonnell for doing what his predecessors would not – taking an executive action to loosen Virginia’s grip on its antiquated felony disenfranchisement law,” Judith Browne Dianis, the co-director of the Advancement Project, a civil rights group based in Washington. Read More. |
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