Governor Terry McAuliffe says restoring the vote to convicted felons who have served their time would overturn the state’s history of suppressing the black voteGovernor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia has paved the way for more than 200000 convicted felons to be eligible to vote with a historic executive order announced on Friday.
McAuliffe,a Democrat, declared “a day for celebration” in remarks external the state Capitol. The action, and he said,would wait on overturn a history of suppressing the black vote in Virginia, where felons have been barred from voting since the civil war. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com