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“It is a historic day for democracy in Virginia and across our nation,”

“The disenfranchisement of people who have served their sentences was an outdated, discriminatory vestige of our nation’s Jim Crow past.”

- Tram Nguyen, co-executive director of the New Virginia Majority (quoted by the Washington Post)

To find out if your rights have been restored go to: https://solutions.virginia.gov/RestorationOfRights/search

Washington Post: About 200,000 Convicted Felons in Virginia Will Now Have the Right to Vote in November

New York Times: A State Bucks the Trend on Voting Rights

Inquisitr: Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Says Restoring Felons’ Voting Rights was ‘The Moral Thing to Do’

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Says Restoring Felons’ Voting Rights Was ‘The Moral Thing to Do’

Power Line: Gov. McAuliffe Wants Murderers to Feel Good About Themselves Again

Huffington Post: It’s Time to Enfranchise People with Felonies

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Schapiro: McAuliffe Uses Executive Power to Paint Virginia Blue

Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons

New York Times: Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons

A Local Perspective of Gov. McAuliffe’s Plan to Restore Voting Rights to 200,000-Plus Felons

Virginian-Pilot: A Local Perspective of Gov. McAuliffe’s Plan to Restore Voting Rights to 200,000-Plus Felons

PBS NewsHour: Shields and Brooks on Va. Voting Rights for Felons, Toning Down the Trump Campaign

New York Times: The Voting Effect of Virginia’s Move on Felons? Small but Potentially Decisive

Star Tribune: Felon Voting Bans Have a Racist Past

MSNBC: In Baltimore, Ex-Felons Christ Newfound Right to Vote