…but TeaPub gerrymandering, voter fraud, and voting bigots is A-OK. Got it.
I suspect the Gov will win this one. Then, the Republiscum will appeal this to the Federal court which will support the VA SC. Then a US SC appeal but it can’t be heard until after the elections. We win, Pubbies lose!
@machoneman Good Answer! !
So they are fighting this to keep Bob McDonald from ever voting of holding office again? Gotta love the GOP they’ll eat their own.
what’s really stupid is that they actually make sure of the thing they fear…
would you vote a group of assholes that publicly try to deny you the right to vote? it’s one thing to pass laws requiring obscure ID… it’s another to actually file suit against 200000 identifiable people…
Oh poppycock. If their argument is that the Governor should have signed 204,000 individual pieces of paper in restoration of voting rights instead of doing it as an all encompassing executive order, I still don’t see what they have against these felons that have served their time, who pose no threat to our democracy, by being allowed to vote…other than their fear that they won’t be voting Republican. They haven’t made the argument against these ex-felons. They’ve served their time and are no longer on probation or parole. They just don’t like that he was able to give back their rights en masse. Boo-hoo.
They will lose…or at least, they should lose as this is not based on harm to the Republic to allow more into the franchise as part of the voting population.
What should go to court is that people can vote because they have a gun license but not a student ID or driver’s license…That’s a real problem that should be addressed in court. Not this.
I’m trying to imagine judges deciding exactly how much attention would qualify as individualized. This suit is a waste of state money.
Judges won’t even have to decide that, because there is no legal requirement that he consider each case individually. That’s why the lawsuit is casting his action as a violation of the separation of powers. The VA Constitution reads: “No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be qualified to vote unless his civil rights have been restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority.” If the Governor signs a document restoring voting rights to a long list of names, it is hard to argue that the Governor didn’t restore rights to a person named on that list.
Oh, I completely agree with you that there’s nothing in the virginia constitution that requires individualized attention. I’m just thinking that if (to go completely out on a limb here) this case were heard by judges who decided to put partisan advantage ahead of clear interpretations of the law, it would be impossible for them to craft an ostensible rule that even passed a laugh test.