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Nearly 235K Virginians should never have been disenfranchised, state says (opens the original)
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Nearly 235,000 Virginians are being notified that their felony convictions should have never kept them from voting and they can now register in time for the 2026 general election, according to the Department of Elections (ELECT). ELECT told VPM News mailers were sent out to 234,852 people aftera landmark federal court rulingmostly struck down Virginia’s automatic disenfranchisement rule for anyone convicted of a felony. The notifications come aftermonths of confusionon who are now eligible voter
Virginia shrinks list of disenfranchising crimes, complying with federal ruling (opens the original)
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Virginia has implemented a landmark federal court order and now no longer strips someone’s voting rights away over any felony conviction except three: murder, voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter. It is the latest, and likely final, step in the King v. O’Bannonfederal lawsuit that started in 2023. In January, US District Court Judge John Gibney partially struck down Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement policy when he ruled it violated a Reconstruction-era federal law and could onl
Federal judge says Virginia still failing to follow voter restoration order (opens the original)
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A federal judge says Virginia officials incorrectly applied his order in a landmark voting rights case ruling that found the commonwealth had wrongly kept people with certain felony convictions from the ballot box for more than a century. As a result, potentially hundreds of thousands of Virginians who should have been able to vote in the August primary were prevented from doing so. US District Court Judge John Gibney partially struck down Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement rule in January, na
Virginia lost $52M on failed child support system project, Spanberger says (opens the original)
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Virginia's Department of Social Services spent $52 million on a failed IT project to overhaul the state's outdated child support enforcement system, Gov. Abigail Spanberger said Wednesday. In June, VPM News reported on DSS shutting down a two-year project to modernize its child support mainframe system — the Automated Program to Enforce Child Support (APECS) — that records showed had cost more than $50 million. DSS did not confirm the total cost at the time, but Spanberger revealed the price tag
Virginia childhood vaccines schedule unchanged after new Trump EO (opens the original)
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Virginia health officials say President Donald Trump's new executive order on childhood vaccines doesn't change the state's policies. However, doctors warn that Trump's order presents a troubling issue: It could sow doubt about vaccines and increase risks for children as measles cases continue to rise. Trump's order recommends fewer routine vaccines for children and that "to the maximum extent feasible," all of their immunizations be done separately. It also calls for the measles, mumps, rubella
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