As Gov. Abigail Spanberger restores voting rights to tens of thousands of formerly incarcerated Virginians, the commonwealth has an opportunity to strengthen democracy, expand civic participation and ...

Question Three is among a trio of pending constitutional amendments to protect reproductive rights, marriage equality and voting rights in Virginia’s constitution.

After the Civil War, Congress readmitted Southern states on the condition they not expand felony disenfranchisement—but they quickly ignored the restriction. It has finally caught up with one state, w...

As thousands of Virginians with certain past felony convictions remain in a voting registration limbo, civil rights groups filed a motion on June 18 seeking an expedited remedy.The groups accused elec...

Thousands of people who should never have lost their right to vote in the first place remain in limbo during this summer’s congressional primary elections.

The “Clean Slate law” means that when hiring managers and landlords run background checks, they won’t be able to see some felony and misdemeanor convictions should a person not have new convictions in...

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