Tag Archives: Voting Rights

• News

  Proposal aims to change voting rights for convicted felons

  Convicted felons may soon get their voting rights restored faster.
• News

  Richmond woman will cast first vote ever, with voting rights restored

  She committed a felony almost a half a century ago. And on Tuesday, one Richmond woman will cast her ballot for the first time.
• CBS 6 Investigates / News

  Ex-city councilwoman still waiting for voter registration card

  Former Richmond City Councilwoman Gwen Hedgepeth turned in her voter registration paperwork over a month ago and it still hasn’t been processed.
• News

  NAACP wants Va. ex-felons’ voting rights restored

  Virginia is one of just four states that requires ex-felons to appeal to the governor to have their voting rights restored.
• News / Politics

  How to get your voting rights restored before Election Day

  The governor’s office tells us Governor Bob McDonnell set up one of the the fastest and fairest systems for restoring voting rights in Virginia history.
• News

  Many felons waiting on McDonnell for restoration of voting rights

  Many hope their pending applications will be approved in time for them to meet the October 15 voter registration deadline.
• News

  Would restoring felon voting rights change VA’s political landscape?

  Former City Councilman turned civil rights activist Sa’ad El-Amin is a convicted felon, one of the 350,000 convicted felons who live in Virginia.
• Mark Holmberg Reports / News

  HOLMBERG: Disenfranchised felons find an ally in governor

  Historically, it’s been democratic governors who have been most likely to restore the voting rights of felons.
• News

  Report: 350,000 Virginians can’t vote because of felony convictions

  The study, released by the Sentencing Project, found that nearly 6 million adults in America can’t vote because they are felons.
• News / Politics

  Attorney General Holder pledges to protect the right to vote

  Attorney General Eric Holder promised Saturday to do all in his power to protect Americans’ right to vote.