New guidance limits voting disqualifications to murder, manslaughter convictions
Among Virginians who are no longer incarcerated, only those convicted of murder and voluntary or involuntary manslaughter remain disqualified from ...
Tag: Voting rights
Judge affirms ruling in favor of former felons in voting rights lawsuit
Despite winning a lawsuit earlier this year that found that certain Virginians with felony convictions should not have lost their ...
Voting rights anniversary spotlights America’s enduring anti-Black contempt
Civil rights stalwarts, politicians and academics held a requiem for the Voting Rights Act on its 61st anniversary last week, ...
Spanberger restores voting rights to more than 60,000 Virginians
Gov. Abigail Spanberger has restored voting and other civil rights to more than 60,000 Virginians since taking office in January, ...
Civil rights group files motion to speed up Va.’s reform of voter registration process for ex-felons
As thousands of Virginians with certain past felony convictions remain in a voting registration limbo, a civil rights group filed ...