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Virginia voting rights need a Constitutional fix

Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s restoration of voting rights to 100,000 Virginians with felony convictions fuels debate over felony disenfranchisement and Virginia’s proposed voting-rights constitutional amendment, writes Shawn Weneta.

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