Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Saturday he already has begun restoring the voting rights of convicted felons one-by-one, after the state Supreme Court rescinded his executive action granting voting rights en masse to more than 200,000 people convicted of serious crimes.
“Last night I instructed my staff to comply with the court’s order and individually restore the rights of the more than 13,000 Virginians who had successfully registered to vote following my April 22nd executive order,” Mr. McAuliffe said in an email to supporters. “Soon they will have their rights back and will be able to have a voice in their society once and for all.”
Mr. McAuliffe, a Democrat and longtime ally of Hillary Clinton, said he also has ordered his staff to start working through “the entire list of more than 200,000 Virginians whom we have identified as eligible to have their rights restored according to the criteria I have set.”
In a move with huge implications for the presidential election, the state Supreme Court late Friday ruled against Mr. McAuliffe’s earlier executive orders to restore the voting rights of convicted felons, saying the governor had exceeded his authority under the state constitution.
Virginia is considered a battleground state in this year’s presidential election, and Democrats expect that the vast majority of convicted felons who could vote again would vote for Mrs. Clinton rather than Republican nominee Donald Trump.
In a 4-3 decision, the court said it “respectfully disagrees” with Mr. McAuliffe’s position that he has the executive power to make such a sweeping move. The court ordered the cancellation of registration of all voters convicted of a felony who registered under the governor’s executive orders by Aug. 25.
Chief Justice Donald Lemons issued the majority opinion, which said that Mr. McAuliffe’s executive orders had revised a section of the state Constitution.
Mr. McAuliffe said he will use “my executive pen” to sign orders granting voting rights individually for all 200,000-plus convicted felons if necessary.
Democrats have shown that they are willing to do whatever it takes to steal elections and to blatantly ignore the law in order to implement their policies. Barack Obama has been one of the greatest abusers when time after time he has circumvented congressional power and established law through the use of executive actions. These types of actions completely ignore the idea of a balance of power and instead imbue the executive with a tyrannical authority that the founders never intended.
The cynicism that McAuliffe is showing here is representative of his checkered business career that is rife with questionable deals and activities. That he is good friends with one of the most corrupt and tainted politicians of our time in the person of Hillary Clinton is not surprising. He is currently under investigation by the FBI and the Justice Department, but strangely his popularity in the state is fairly high. It would seem he will certainly get high marks from the criminals in Virginia.
Source: washingtontimes.com
Here’s another idiot he’s almost corrupt as Hillary Clinton
Have the Virginia Supreme Court siege the voting machines and mail in ballots and toss out everyone this violates their order. Then he’s back to square one and Hillarys out of a lot of votes!!
McAuliffe needs to be impeached he’s another Democrap crook!!!