[Hoot Gibson]

Lots of media outlets used this misleading phrasing - it should be EX-felons - you know, the ones who have paid their debt to society, and who would be able to vote if they were from any other state but KY, Fla or Iowa.

Here's the real deal, just for the record...

Va. has only let ex-felons get their voting rights back by filling out a form which the Gov. signs (basically a Clemency), then the Gov. somehow informs the state Gen. Assembly. Our last Gov., a Republican, made it easier by reducing the "form" from five pages to two, eliminated a two-year waiting period, and restored rights to over 8,000 ppl, "including more than 2,000 in the last few months of his term." The ex-felons THEN had to register to vote.

McCauliffe tried to make it easier by doing an Exec. Order saying that certain ex-felons (206,000 or so) were granted Clemency - you can now register. The Repubs in the GA took it to the VA SC, which sided with them 4-3 (I have yet to see an article saying if this was a party-line vote or not). So, McCauliffe's said 'Fine... I'll sign (auto-pen) 200K+ forms ASAP.

So, yeah, our crooked Democrat is trying to give Va. to HRC by doing something that 46 other states already allow.

Interesting side note...
Obama only won 20 out of about 100 counties in '08 and just 17 in '12.
In '12, he won Va. by 150 K - he won Northern Va (Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax & Prince William Co.) by 220 K .

Our crooked governor tried to restore the voting rights of felons through a blanket executive order. The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that he did not have the authority to do so and that restoring felon voting rights must be done on a case by case basis. A felon is a person who has committed or has been convicted of a felony. Paying one's debt to society does not make one an ex-felon but being released from prison makes a felon a former prisoner.

Our crooked governor, a longtime Clinton associate, is currently being investigated by the FBI for alleged federal campaign violations. As a close Clinton ally, he has not yet been charged or incarcerated, so he will likely remain an alleged criminal rather than a convicted felon.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe under federal investigation for campaign contributions

Under the Obama Justice Department, only Republican governors seem to be vulnerable to federal corruption charges.

Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is an ex-felon because the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously vacated his felony conviction on politically motivated charges.