Quantcast

Subscribe

Stories this photo appears in:

Tease photo

GOP at it again

Republican leaders seek to hold Va. governor in contempt for restoring voting rights of 13,000 former felons last week

Gov. Terry McAuliffe once again is under attack from Republican leaders in the General Assembly who are determined to halt his efforts to restore the voting and political rights of hundreds of thousands of felons who have served their time. In a new filing Wednesday, GOP leaders asked the Virginia Supreme Court to hold the Democratic governor in contempt for restoring the political rights of 13,000 felons last week and for trying to do so in coming months for more than 200,000 others who have completed their sentences.