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McAuliffe had issued a sweeping executive order in April that affected 206,000 ex-offenders in the state.
In a 4-3 ruling, the state's justices said under the state constitution, McAuliffe didn't have the authority for such a proclamation.
[...] Nothing stops the governor from granting rights to felons on an individual basis, but the justices said it was unconstitutional to do it through a blanket order.
[...] Under McAuliffe's order, the restoration of rights only extended to felons who have finished serving their terms — anyone in prison, or on supervised probation or parole, was still barred from voting. The order also granted felons the right to serve on juries and become a notary.
[...] He also noted that most states allow felons who have completed their terms to vote — Iowa, Kentucky and Florida are the only other exceptions.
[...] "Republicans suspect the real motive for McAuliffe's order is political," [NPR's] Pam [Fessler] reported [earlier this month]. "The governor is a close ally of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who could benefit from more African-American voters if the race in Virginia is tight. McAuliffe denied that was his reason for issuing the order."
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday July 25 2016, @01:59PM
The young aren't allowed to vote, have to be at least 18 years old, a relatively recent improvement on the older minimum age of 21.
You start denying people the right to vote, and you do several things. You make the swarm intelligence less intelligent.
You're really going to follow up that thought with talking about intelligence?
So what arbitrary age do you think people become smart enough to vote at? Speaking from experience, I sure as hell wasn't well-enough informed to vote effectively even by 18.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Friday July 29 2016, @01:10AM
Speaking from experience, a grand majority of voters sure as hell aren't well-enough informed to vote effectively even when they are well past 18 years old. You could allow small children to vote and it wouldn't make much of a difference; we'd still end up with the same rabid partisan garbage that we have now, due in large part to the fact that most people are incredibly short-sighted and tribal.