Government Spanberger restores voting rights to more than 60,000 Virginians The announcement comes ahead of the November referendum that would make rights restoration automatic after release from incarceration. Click here to read more , and Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury August 1, 2026
Government Federal judge upholds ruling that certain ex-felons should not automatically lose voting rights Virginia had been in violation of a Reconstruction-era law barring states from constitutionally disenfranchising people Click here to read more , and Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury March 12, 2026
Top News Youngkin administration now requires felons to apply to get their voting rights back Click here to read more , and Special to the Citizen March 24, 2023