Search Tags: voting rights

Groups seek automatic restoration of rights in Va.

A coalition of civil rights groups and other activists wants Gov. Bob McDonnell to issue an executive order restoring the voting rights of about 350,000 felons who have completed their sentences.

Wednesday - 03/27/2013, 03:23am EDT

Tags: felon voting rights, Gov. Bob McDonnell

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Va. Senate committee backs felons' rights bill

The Virginia Senate will consider legislation backed by Gov. Bob McDonnell to automatically restore nonviolent felons' voting rights after the measure won a committee's endorsement Tuesday.

Tuesday - 01/22/2013, 06:55pm EST

Tags: Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Senate, voting rights of felons

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Va. gov praised, panned on felons' voting rights

What's wrong with this picture: Democrats leaping to their feet to give Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell a standing ovation. The ACLU praising him. Tough-on-crime GOP legislators denouncing perhaps the most significant criminal justice initiative of the final year of his term.

Saturday - 01/12/2013, 11:53am EST

Tags: felony voting, Bob McDonnell, voting rights of felons,

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Petition begs Obama to use 'taxation' license plates

D.C. voting rights advocates are taking their plea for representation in Congress to a higher power: the presidential limo.

Thursday - 12/20/2012, 05:51am EST

Tags: D.C. Vote, taxation without representation, license plates, Barack Obama, inauguration, mark segraves,

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Justices open big term with new human rights case

Monday - 10/01/2012, 03:44pm EDT

Tags: courts, Supreme Court, gay marriage, affirmative action

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Va. one of strictest states in felon voting rights

With the presidential election only months away, things continue to heat up in the race to the White House. However, a new study finds there are millions of Americans who won't be allowed to vote.

Sunday - 07/15/2012, 03:11pm EDT

Tags: disenfranchised,

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