Thousands of Virginians will regain the right to vote next month
The court order comes ahead of a pending constitutional amendment that could make rights restorations automatic when people complete their prison sentences
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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
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