Once a staunch opponent of voting rights for felons, Virginia Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli (R) appears to be a changed man.
Burke (Va.) Patch revealed Tuesday that a report delivered by a Cuccinelli-commissioned committee suggests a new approach for nonviolent felons to see “restoration” of their rights. Among the items included was the option for governors to exercise “clemency power in a more expansive manner … on an individual basis.”
As detailed on the state’s official website, Virginia stands as one of a handful of U.S. states that fails to automatically restore felons’ voting rights. The path to change remains bumpy, as Richmond Sunlight lists several 2013 state bills falling on this topic.
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