Virginia NAACP calls for criteria transparency in Gov. Youngkin’s restoration of voting rights for felons
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The NAACP is scrutinizing Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin for not being transparent enough with how he’s deciding which convicted criminals could restore their civil rights.
The governor's "painfully slow opaque process is sure to have a discriminatory impact on Black Virginias and other Virginians of color, as well as communities where they live and work," Robert Barnette Jr., president of the NAACP Virginia State Conference, said during a news conference Tuesday.
In Virginia, a felony conviction automatically results in the loss of certain civil rights such as voting, serving on a jury, running for office or carrying a firearm. The governor has the sole discretion to restore them — with the exception of firearms rights, which only a court can do.