Dead felons, dog and now a prisoner: Spanberger voting rights letters draw fresh scrutiny
Abigail Spanberger's voting rights restoration effort is facing fresh scrutiny after a state letter indicating that voting rights had been restored was mailed in the name of a woman who remains incarcerated on a felony drug conviction.
Key points
- Spanberger and Secretary of the Commonwealth Candi Mundon-King have faced criticism over a series of apparent errors, including a letter sent to a dog in Goochland County that died five years ago, another sent to a sheriff’s office in Hampton Roads addressed to "Betty No Last Name" and others mailed to the families of deceased felons.
- Tom Garrett, R-Buckingham, after receiving a voting rights restoration letter addressed to "Kayla Renae Vaughn," a source told Fox News Digital.
- Garrett did not respond to a request for comment but has previously criticized the administration's handling of voting rights restoration.
Terry McAuliffe's attempt to restore voting rights to felons through a "big, blanket order." The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that restoration decisions must be made individually, a precedent Garrett argues is relevant to the current controversy.
Additional details
- DEM AG'S ELECTION CRUSADE AGAINST TRUMP RUNS INTO EMBARRASSING DEAD-FELON BLUNDER BACK HOME Fox News Digital obtained images of the letter from the Republican minority caucus in the Virginia House of Delegates.
- The letter signed by Spanberger and Mundon-King stated that the administration had a "completed review of the particulars of [Vaughn’s] case." Garrett recently pointed to a lawsuit filed by former Virginia House Speaker Bill Howell, R-Stafford, challenging then-Gov.
- Spanberger has publicly described her restoration efforts as benefiting "people who had previously been convicted of a felony, had served their time, returned home, and simply wanted the dignity of being able to fully participate in our democracy," a description that does not apply to Vaughn, who remains incarcerated.
- Every one of them claims the administration ‘reviewed the particulars of your individual case," Garrett said, citing the previous letter addressed to "Biscuit Rigsby," a dog in his district.
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