Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order allowing Virginia felon voting rights

Democrat Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order Friday restoring voting rights to 200,000 felons. The law will allow about 200,000 felons who are no longer in prison, on probation or parole, to vote, the Washington Post reports. The decision could face legal challenges, though McAuliffe expressed confidence in his legal authority to issue the…

Flying on the face of the state’s Republican-run legislature, Democratic Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe will restore voting rights to some felons by executive order on Friday, The New York Times reported. The order, which the Times reported has been planned in secrecy, will give felons who have served their time in prison and completed their parole…