Terry McAuliffe in Our Time Is Now: Power

On Crime: Overruled State Supreme Court to restore felon voting rights

McAuliffe signed an executive order restoring all voting rights to every felon in Virginia. A Virginia Supreme Court decision blocked the automatic grant of clemency, so he used his autopen (an automatic devise designed to allow him to sign documents at a higher rate) to individually grant a restoration of rights to nearly 175,000 Virginians. But his work on ending felony disenfranchisement required more than holding the governor's office; a permanent solution meant taking over the legislature. Source: Our Time Is Now, by Stacey Abrams, p.206 Apr 22, 2016

The above quotations are from Our Time Is Now Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America by Stacey Abrams. Click here for other excerpts from Our Time Is Now Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America by Stacey Abrams. Click here for other excerpts by Terry McAuliffe. Click here for a profile of Terry McAuliffe.
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