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Lawsuit over Virginia’s felon voting ban gains steam with new legal filings

ACLU and allies seek class-action status and summary judgment in case alleging the state’s policy violates Reconstruction-era federal law

A Virginia voter casts a ballot in Henrico County in November. A new lawsuit is challenging the state’s policy of permanently disenfranchising people with felony convictions, arguing it violates a post-Civil War federal law. (Photo by Shannon Heckt/Virginia Mercury)

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