Going back to 1902

Created
Fri, 31/03/2023 - 04:30
Updated
Fri, 31/03/2023 - 04:30
Glenn Youngkin shows his true colors again The man in the red fleece vest who dazzled the entire DC press corps with his alleged post-Trump moderate strategy strikes again. Bolts magazine has the details: Going forward, Virginians will no longer regain their rights when released from prison—the most recent policy announced by Virginia officials in 2021—nor at any later point, unless Youngkin deems them to be worthy on an individual basis.  His decision, which a future governor could alter, sidelines many residents who expected they would get to vote in Virginia elections.  “I’ve never voted in my life. I was looking forward to voting this year,” Sincere Allah, who was released from prison the week Youngkin was inaugurated in 2022 and who has since waited to learn if his rights will be restored, told Bolts, in reference to the state’s upcoming legislative and prosecutorial elections. “I can pay taxes, I can be held to the same standard as everyone else when it comes to laws and rules and regulations, but I have no say-so or representation.” Youngkin’s announcement also puts Virginia in a category all its own: It is the only state where someone who is convicted today over any felony is presumed to be barred from voting for life, with no remedy other than receiving a discretionary act of clemency from the governor.  Virginia’s constitution permanently disenfranchises people with a felony conviction. Only Iowa and Kentucky have such a harsh rule on the books—other states with a lifetime ban, like Mississippi, do not apply it to all…