Youngkin was also up to shenanigans:
“The Governor has deemed you ineligible for rights restoration at this time,” the emails state while telling applicants they can reapply in a year.
Applicants received no explanation or justification for their denials, while the state has provided no stated standards for who is eligible or ineligible for restored voting rights, the NAACP said in a statement Monday.
In a late August email released by the state, someone who was clearly upset by the rejection pressed for more information.
“Is there a reason why?” wrote the person, whose name was redacted. “After all I feel I deserve an explanation because I’m not a violent felon and I am trying to do something with my life. I wanted to start taking classes towards law enforcement to be on the right side of the law instead of the wrong. This is very discouraging.”
In Virginia, a felony conviction automatically results in the loss of certain rights such as voting, serving on a jury, running for office or carrying a firearm. The governor has the sole discretion to restore them — with the exception of firearms rights, which only a court can do.
Youngkin’s handling of the process has been
under scrutiny for months after his administration confirmed it had shifted away from an at least partly automatic restoration system used by his predecessors. At least three lawsuits
have been filed challenging what critics call an opaque process that could result in discrimination."
This, of course, disproportionately effected black voters:
"She said the administration has produced approximately 680 pages of records, some of which the governor was not required to produce under public records laws.
The documents released Friday include requests by the Youngkin administration for information about applicants from various state agencies, including Virginia's Department of Elections.
The NAACP said the request was "puzzling" and suggested information being gathered was “likely to include voting history.” The group noted that Youngkin has refused ”to publicly state how he uses this information to determine whether to restore a citizen’s voting rights."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wu...tions/65-7e907603-69df-432d-931b-ea9f72cecc39
No clear guidelines on who gets voting rights restored or denied, background information requested that is likely to include voting History. Lol
