Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision
JURIST
JUNE 27, 2023
The plaintiffs allege that this provision violates the Virginia Readmission Act , a law passed in 1870 alongside a series of statutes to readmit representatives from former Confederate states to Congress. According to the complaint, only nine crimes were considered felonies under Virginia common law in 1870.
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