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Local advocates react to 66,000+ Virginians voting rights restored under Spanberger

Headline from 13News Now Norfolk, from the development of Jul 31, 2026

Newest development Aug 4, 2026 · 2 reportsVa. Democratic Gov. Spanberger Restores Voting Rights To Felons

Virginia is one of only three states where people convicted of felonies do not automatically regain their voting rights after leaving prison.

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    Local advocates react to 66,000+ Virginians voting rights restored under Spanberger

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    Va. Democratic Gov. Spanberger Restores Voting Rights To Felons

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  1. WUSA9

    Virginia restores voting rights to more than 66,000 former felons (opens WUSA9)

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    Gov. Spanberger announced that since she took office in January, she has prioritized returning civil rights to tens of thousands of former felons in the state.

  2. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    Spanberger restores rights to 66,000 (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    In her first six months in office, Gov. Abigail Spanberger restored the right to vote to more than seven times as many formerly imprisoned Virginians as former Gov Glenn Youngkin did during his four-year term.

  3. Virginia Mercury

    Spanberger restores voting rights to more than 60,000 Virginians (opens Virginia Mercury)

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    Gov. Abigail Spanberger has restored voting and other civil rights to more than 60,000 Virginians since taking office in January, reversing the more restrictive restoration process adopted by her predecessor and reopening voting access for thousands of people with past felony convictions, her admini…

  4. WFXR Roanoke

    Spanberger restores voting rights for 66K, supports proposed constitutional amendment (opens WFXR Roanoke)

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    WFXR Roanoke's feed description

    (WFXR)- Governor Abigail Spanberger restored the voting rights to 66,085 Virginias who were previously incarcerated. Virginia is one of three states that gives its governor full discretion on whether or not to restore the civil rights on a convicted felon.

  5. 13News Now Norfolk

    Gov. Spanberger restores voting rights for more than 66K Virginians (opens 13News Now Norfolk)

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    Spanberger announced Friday morning that her administration has restored the right to vote for 66,085 Virginians who were formerly incarcerated.

  6. WRIC Richmond

    Voting rights restored for over 66,000 formerly incarcerated Virginians (opens WRIC Richmond)

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    WRIC Richmond's feed description

    Governor Abigail Spanberger's office announced Friday morning that voting rights have been restored for 66,085 Virginians who were formerly incarcerated.

  7. Conservative Review

    Spanberger's plot to let 66,000 felons vote just in time for the midterms is complete (opens Conservative Review)

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    Virginia Democrats are welcoming criminals back to the ballot box. Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) has restored voting rights to 66,085 felons in her first six months in office. That’s 56,000 more than former Gov.

  8. DC News Now

    Gov. Spanberger restores voting rights for 66,000 Virginians with prior convictions (opens DC News Now)

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    Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger announced Friday that her administration has restored the voting rights of more than 66,000 Virginians with felony convictions since she took office in January.

  9. Breitbart News

    Abigail Spanberger Restores Voting Rights to 66,000 Virginians 'with Past Felony Convictions' (opens Breitbart News)

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    Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) announced that her administration has restored voting rights to more than 66,000 Virginians who have "past felony convictions."

  10. 13News Now Norfolk

    Local advocates react to 66,000+ Virginians voting rights restored under Spanberger (opens 13News Now Norfolk)

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    Virginia is one of only three states where people convicted of felonies do not automatically regain their voting rights after leaving prison.

  11. The Daily Signal

    Virginia Restores Voting Rights to 66,000 Felons After Purging 6,500 Noncitizens From Voter Rolls (opens The Daily Signal)

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    Shortly after Virginia removed more than 6,500 noncitizens from its voter rolls, Gov. Abigail Spanberger said she has restored voting rights for 10 times that many convicted felons in the state. Virginia’s state constitution permanently disenfranchises convicted felons but gives the governor’s offic…

  12. Objectivist

  13. Blue State Blues News

    Virginia Once Gave Felon Voting Rights to 132 Men It Called Too Dangerous to Release and Spanberger Just Copied the Playbook (opens Blue State Blues News)

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    Gov. Abigail Spanberger just restored voting rights to 66,000 Virginia felons in seven months. Virginia already ran this exact experiment once before, and the fallout still shows up in state records

  14. Daily Torch

    Va. Democratic Gov. Spanberger Restores Voting Rights To Felons (opens Daily Torch)

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    Virginia Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger has boasted about the over 66,000 people with past felony convictions she has restored voting rights to. This is similar to something a former governor of the state, Terry McAuliffe, who was buddies with Hillary Clinton did.

  15. Renewed Right

    Virginia’s Governor Just Gave 66,000 Felons the Right to Vote in the Midterms (opens Renewed Right)

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    Terry McAuliffe tried this same playbook in 2016 – and the Virginia Supreme Court shut him down. Now Abigail Spanberger just did it again, three months before the midterms. And what she

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