Virginia votes to end lifetime felony voting ban
Ballot measure passes 56% to 43%, repealing a 1902 constitutional provision imposing a ban advocates say was originally motivated by Jim Crow racism
Virginia voters approved a ballot measure on Tuesday scrapping the state's lifetime voting ban for people with felony convictions and restoring voting rights upon release from prison. The legislatively referred constitutional amendment, Question 3, passed with 56 percent of the vote.