The Virginia NAACP says Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration lacks clear standards for how it restores voting rights for convicted felons who served their sentences
The Virginia NAACP said Monday that Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration lacks clear standards for restoring voting rights to convicted felons who served their sentences, leaving many frustrated and unable to vote in Tuesday’s nationally watched state elections. The group's assertion followed the administration's release Friday of more records related to how the state makes its decisions. The documents include emails between state officials and people whose requests were denied.
” She said the administration has produced approximately 680 pages of records, some of which the governor was not required to produce under public records laws. The documents released Friday include requests by the Youngkin administration for information about applicants from various state agencies, including Virginia's Department of Elections. The NAACP said the request was 'puzzling' and suggested information being gathered was “likely to include voting history.
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