Posted on 04/30/2017 10:02:47 AM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — JaPharii Jones lost the right to vote after a felony burglary conviction when he was 23 and got it back last year right before Election Day. Now the 31-year-old Hampton activist and founder of a local chapter of Black Lives Matter plans to do what most people usually don't: vote in an off-off-year primary for Virginia governor.
Jones is supporting Tom Perriello, a former congressman and diplomat running as an insurgent candidate in the Democratic primary. Perriello was "very diligent" about reaching out to Jones and recently toured parts of Hampton with Jones looking for votes at barber shops and other businesses. Jones said no other candidate has reached out and he said Perriello understands the fears and frustrations of young black voters who are newly energized in resistance to President Donald Trump.
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isn’t it nice how the rats can get away with appealing to specific races without being called racist.
A black racist who got his “right” to vote restored through fraud by a far left governor is going to not vote for Trump or republicans ...
Can I yawn now?
They must be running out illegals to vote for them.
US news. The establishment is desperate to keep Virginia. If they beginning losing another state, they are toast for a long time.
How did he reacquire the privilege of voting? I thought once you were a convicted felon, you lost that privilege for life.
I see more white people leaving the Democrats.
Just the fact that they now have to try to get the Black vote is a big step forward for Blacks and America.
And I am supposed to be convinced by a common thief on who is a good political candidate? I would have to be a liberal to be that stupid.
rwood
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