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McAuliffe begins to grant voting rights for convicted felons individually after court ruling
washingtontimes.com ^ | July 22, 2016 | Dave Boyer

Posted on 07/23/2016 9:52:36 AM PDT by PROCON

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Saturday he’s already begun restoring the voting rights of convicted felons one-by-one, after the state Supreme Court rescinded his executive action granting voting rights en masse to more than 200,000 people convicted of serious crimes.

“Last night I instructed my staff to comply with the court’s order and individually restore the rights of the more than 13,000 Virginians who had successfully registered to vote following my April 22nd executive order,” Mr. McAuliffe said in an email to supporters. “Soon they will have their rights back and will be able to have a voice in their society once and for all.”

Mr. McAuliffe, a Democrat and longtime ally of Hillary Clinton, said he’s also ordered his staff to start working through “the entire list of more than 200,000 Virginians whom we have identified as eligible to have their rights restored according to the criteria I have set.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2016swingstates; felons; felonvoters; mcauliffe; terrymcawful; va2016; vastatesc; virginia; voting; votingrights
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The Punk strikes again!
1 posted on 07/23/2016 9:52:36 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

Any way the court can have him arrested?


2 posted on 07/23/2016 9:53:54 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: PROCON

McAwful owes everything to the Klitons.

If they go down, he goes down.


3 posted on 07/23/2016 9:54:02 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: PROCON

And of COURSE the court won’t do anything until AFTER the election. Plus I bet a million dollars he is doing it with auto pen and not individually signing them. I bet he will do two or three in front of cameras and the rest the staff are stuffing through the auto pen machine. Believe me I know all about it. I was on 3 Admiral Staffs and they rarely signed anything by hand.


4 posted on 07/23/2016 9:55:07 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Isn’t McAuliffe under indictment at the moment for illegal campaign contribution shenanigans?


5 posted on 07/23/2016 9:55:10 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: PROCON

Dems know if they lose Virginia - they’ve lost the election.


6 posted on 07/23/2016 9:55:16 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: Olog-hai

It appears he’s doing it “legally.”


7 posted on 07/23/2016 9:55:24 AM PDT by PROCON (Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
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To: PROCON

It was “legally” done last time too. Until the Court said it was not. Let’s see if they’ll rule again.


8 posted on 07/23/2016 9:56:45 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: PROCON

To start with he has to write 200,000 justifications for this and this can only be done when the local legislature is off (which I think is AFTER) the election.
Should get denied in court again.


9 posted on 07/23/2016 9:56:48 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: PROCON

Obviously, McAuliffe loves Obama’s lawless U.S. When you’re a Democrat politician, you can do whatever you want to do. Laws do not apply to Democrat politicians. We the People need to show the boy who is running this chicken coop and throw his ass out into the street where it belongs.


10 posted on 07/23/2016 9:56:52 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Founding Documents Great Again!)
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To: PROCON

The court told him “no” and he does it anyway. What is the point if the law?


11 posted on 07/23/2016 9:57:01 AM PDT by madison10 (#NeverHillary)
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To: PROCON

Wasn’t that struck down? http://www.inusanews.com/article/1559311511/virginia-highest-court-strikes-governor-executive-order-restoring-voting-rights-felons


12 posted on 07/23/2016 9:57:32 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: PROCON

Perhaps the will return the favor by not recognizing him some day and make him the victim of a crime.

13 posted on 07/23/2016 9:58:30 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: PROCON

Mad dog.


14 posted on 07/23/2016 9:58:47 AM PDT by jessduntno (The mind of a liberal...deceit, desire for control, greed, contradiction and fueled by hate.)
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To: PROCON

If Terry is to be President, hillary must first be elected


15 posted on 07/23/2016 9:59:22 AM PDT by Thibodeaux (Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
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To: Olog-hai

Most states allow ex-felons to reacquire their voting rights. Heck, I think actual prisoners in Maine can keep voting. In Virginia (as in several other states), the governor or even the courts can legally restore voting rights.

http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/felon-voting-rights.aspx


16 posted on 07/23/2016 9:59:25 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: PROCON

One of these orders will be for someone I know who had already registered.

Lost his right because he got caught with his pants down in the backseat of a car and panicked when the cop rolled up. Ran like a fool and slammed his car into a pole less than a mile up the road.
Miraculously they both only had minor injuries after going through the windshield. Felony eluding.

A very excited Trump voter.
This may not turn out like McAwful thinks.


17 posted on 07/23/2016 10:00:24 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: PROCON

This is pretty blatant.

A good lawyer should be able to file a case and injunction that the Governor’s ‘individual’ rights restoration amounts to the same as an ‘en masse’ restoration.

A restraining order or prelim injunction would push this McCauliffe abomination into next year when it won’t matter for what he wants to do which is get democrat convicts on the voter rolls by a phone and pen.

When is he up for reelection?


18 posted on 07/23/2016 10:00:35 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: PROCON
At the very least, someone should set up a website to publish the growing number of felons granted the “right” and keep it up to date going into McAwful’s next date with the voters.
19 posted on 07/23/2016 10:00:59 AM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: SkyDancer

It was struck down for a blanket restoration. This time he’s restoring rights “individually.”


20 posted on 07/23/2016 10:02:30 AM PDT by PROCON (Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
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