Fogdog
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GOP sues to block McAuliffe order to let 200,000 Virginia felons vote
“Today Republicans filed a lawsuit to preserve a policy of disenfranchisement that has been used intentionally to suppress the voices of qualified voters, particularly African Americans, for more than a century,” he said in a written statement. “These individuals have served their time and are now living, raising families and paying taxes in our communities — this suit is an effort to continue to treat them as second-class citizens.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/gop-sues-to-strip-209k-felons-from-va-voter-rolls/2016/05/23/ef2587a8-20e4-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html
Hmm, 200,000 people are now able to vote after Democratic Governor McAuliffe signed an order to restore their voting rights. What, exactly are those GOP crackers so afraid of? Maybe its that Virginia's government will have to serve everybody instead of just klansmen?
“Today Republicans filed a lawsuit to preserve a policy of disenfranchisement that has been used intentionally to suppress the voices of qualified voters, particularly African Americans, for more than a century,” he said in a written statement. “These individuals have served their time and are now living, raising families and paying taxes in our communities — this suit is an effort to continue to treat them as second-class citizens.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/gop-sues-to-strip-209k-felons-from-va-voter-rolls/2016/05/23/ef2587a8-20e4-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html
Hmm, 200,000 people are now able to vote after Democratic Governor McAuliffe signed an order to restore their voting rights. What, exactly are those GOP crackers so afraid of? Maybe its that Virginia's government will have to serve everybody instead of just klansmen?