Virginia State Supreme Court Says Gov. McAuliffe Can’t Give Felons Voting Rights

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I know, what’s with all this court crap, Steve? I hear you. It’ll get “worse” before it gets better. June is a busy month for those stories, and this one comes to us from Virginia, where the governors are as likely to be headed to court as anyone, and felons got the vote until they didn’t.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s action restoring the voting rights of more than 200,000 felons was unconstitutional, Virginia’s highest court ruled Friday, siding with Republican lawmakers who said the governor overstepped his authority.

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