Virginia Readmission Act Litigation
Protect Democracy has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Virginia Constitution’s broad felony disenfranchisement provision.
October 28, 2022
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Protect Democracy has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Virginia Constitution’s broad felony disenfranchisement provision.
October 28, 2022
Rachel Homer, counsel for Protect Democracy, said the federal government specifically limited the number of crimes for which Virginia and other former Confederate states could limit the right to vote because of a pattern of legal discrimination taking place in those states.
“The purpose was these states were using criminal law to disenfranchise the newly freed Black citizens of those states,” Homer said. “Those states were using their criminal law intentionally to limit the power of Black citizens.”
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