The Washington Post reports that yesterday, April 22, 2016, by signing an executive order, Virginia’s Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe has enabled more than 200,000 ex-cons who have completed their sentences and been released from supervised probation or parole, to register to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
McAuliffe’s move is intended to benefit Democrats and Hillary Clinton — assuming she’ll be the Democratic Party’s presidential — because 1 in 4 or 25% of “African Americans” in Virginia had been permanently banned from voting because they’re ex-cons. McAuliffe is a longtime friend of Hillary, for whom he and his wife recently raised $2 million at their McLean home.
Virginia House Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford) said in a statement: “It is hard to describe how transparent the Governor’s motives are. The singular purpose of Terry McAuliffe’s governorship is to elect Hillary Clinton President of the United States. This office [McAuliffe’s governorship] has always been a stepping stone to a job in Hillary Clinton’s cabinet.”
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