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Virginia committee advances amendment to restore voting rights after incarceration
Summary
The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee voted to report SJ248, a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people released from incarceration for felony convictions, after public testimony overwhelmingly in favor and committee debate over restitution and violent crimes.
The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee voted to report SJ248, a constitutional amendment that would automatically restore the right to vote to people released from incarceration for felony convictions.
The amendment, introduced by Senator Mamie Locke (23rd District), would recognize a guaranteed right to vote in the Virginia Constitution and state that a person released from incarceration “shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote” without any further action required.
Supporters told the…
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