Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons

26 Apr 2016 • nytimes.com

Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia used his executive power on Friday to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons, circumventing the Republican-run legislature. The action effectively overturns a Civil War-era provision in the state’s Constitution aimed, he said, at disenfranchising African-Americans.

Awesome to finally see some progress here against our modern day justice systems ability (whether by design or not) to disenfranchise African-Americans. Though there are some strong reasons to believe it is by design.