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VA: Restoring the Rights of Persons with Felony Conviction. History and Restoration Procedures from RIHD

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Restoring the Rights of Persons with Felony Conviction In 2008, we Americans headed to the polls in record numbers to vote for our president. Nationally, this included many first-time voters with prior felony convictions. On Nov. 3, 2009, Virginians will head to the polls to vote for governor and many statewide legislators. How far has Virginia come in restoring the rights of persons with felony convictions to enable them to vote this year? Will you be able to vote and make a difference come November? Will a a record number of Virginians with a prior felony participate in the process, or will they continue to be denied and disenfranchised? Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, proclaims that, prior to the Civil War, African-Americans were almost totally disenfranchised...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 26, 2009 (boomark / email).