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Virginia’s Path to Full Reintegration | Richmond News
This November, Virginia voters face a historic choice: an amendment that would automatically restore full civic rights—voting, jury service, even running for office—to all formerly incarcerated individuals upon release. Currently, only three states let governors decide who gets these rights back, often in slow, politically influenced processes. Governor Abigail Spanberger has already restored rights to over 66,000 people, but advocates argue this system is outdated and reminiscent of Jim Crow-era practices. Stories like Shawn Weneta’s—once silenced by his conviction, now empowered as a full…
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