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"Gov. Terry McAuliffe has illegally granted voting rights to 60,000 convicted felons in the key swing state of Virginia, a move that could give Hillary Clinton a victory in that state—and possibly the White House—unless supporters of Donald Trump get out to the polls on Election Day. Gov. Terry McAuliffe—one of Hillary Clinton’s oldest and most loyal supporters—declared on April 22 of this year that he was using this pardon power to restore voting rights to 206,000 convicted felons in Virginia. Virginia lawmakers sued, and the Virginia Supreme Court held in Howell v. McAuliffe that the Clinton ally’s political move was an unprecedented power grab that previous governors of both parties had acknowledged was illegal. Among other things, Virginia Chief Justice Donald Lemons wrote that “power could be exercised only in particular cases to named individuals for whom a specific grant of executive clemency is sought,” and only after an individualized assessment of the felon’s case and character."
McAuliffe Gives 60,000 Felons Voting Rights in Swing State Virginia - Breitbart
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So to make a long story short, he grants 13,000 restorations in the Spring and claims he examined all of those in just a few days. (there is no mention in the article whether the speedy FIB help him
) So, he sends them voter registration info along with their pardons. Virginia lawmakers ticked off that he defied Virginia's Supreme Court asked to have McAuliffe held in contempt of court but the motion was denied without an explanation. As of last week McAuliffe granted voting rights to 60,000 felons.
Say, did the pollsters mention anything about the felon demographic when they did their Virginia polling or did they just lump them in with new voters?
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