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A number of amendments have been proposed to revamp the requirements for restoration of rights. In 2017, the Virginia Senate passed a constitutional amendment to permanently disenfranchise violent felons, [10] with the Virginia General Assembly being empowered to decide what constitutes a violent felony, [11] but this died in the Virginia House of Delegates Privileges and Elections committee. [12]
The Virginia NAACP on Tuesday called on Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish clear and publicly available criteria for restoring the voting rights of convicted felons who have served their time ...
Between 1996 and 2008, 28 states changed their laws on felon voting rights, mostly to restore rights or to simplify the process of restoration. [17] Since 2008, state laws have continued to shift, both curtailing and restoring voter rights, sometimes over short periods of time within the same state.
The federal government also has different laws regarding the loss of rights due to criminal conviction. In Reynolds v. Sims, the Court ruled that the right to vote is a "fundamental right," establishing a strict scrutiny test. Further, the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees "equal protection of the laws" to all persons. However, Section 2 of this ...
The state's toughened voting rights restoration policy requires people convicted of a felony to get their gun rights restored before they can become eligible to cast a ballot again, Tennessee’s ...
New Hampshire's new year laws bolster gun rights The only gun-related bills signed into law in 2024 in New Hampshire expanded gun rights . Going into effect on Jan, 1.
Virginia passed the Uniform Machine Gun Act, which was drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The only firearms in Virginia that are prohibited are the Armsel Striker , also known as the Striker 12, similar shotguns, and any "plastic firearms."
Dozens of pieces of gun-related legislation that advocates say will bolster public safety are winding their way through Virginia's Democratic-controlled General Assembly, including a measure that ...