Spanberger says it ‘appears’ she restored dead people’s voting rights
Governor Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) announced that her governance is investigating whether voting rights for deceased individuals were unintentionally restored when reinstating voting eligibility for Virginians with prior felony convictions.In July, she declared that her office restored voting rights for 66,085 former felons in Virginia, although the state’s constitution automatically adn permanently revokes voting rights for all convicted felons. The governor has the authority to restore these rights on an individual basis after completing their prison sentences.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) told reporters Friday that her administration is “looking into” the possibility that it restored the voting rights of deceased individuals when reinstating voting rights for Virginians with prior felony convictions.
Spanberger announced in July that her office restored voting rights for 66,085 previous felons in Virginia. The commonwealth’s constitution automatically and permanently strips voting rights of all convicted felons, but it leaves the power to restore them individually after a person completes their prison sentence to the sitting governor.
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