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Letters telling more than 200 nonviolent felons they'd need to write personal essays to get their voting rights back were sent out by mistake, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's spokesperson tells the Washington Post.
Tucker Martin says the new requirement is still just a "draft policy proposal." More: "The letter was sent without approval by a well-meaning staffer attempting to continue to process requests even while new procedures were being considered."
McDonnell's office is to meet today with the ACLU, the NAACP and other groups who objected to the modern-day literacy test.
The explanation from Richmond starts to explain some of the strangeness over the way the new requirement was rolled out, with reports that it was going forward, had gone forward already, and was being rolled back to draft status.
What's already clear is that McDonnell, the self-proclaimed proud leader of the Republican resurgence in America, is having a very tough time of it just three months into office. As State Sen. Don McEachin tells the Washington Post, "It raises an eyebrow. If they're not going to use the essay, why have they written people and told them they're going to use the essays? It's starting to look like the gang that can't shoot straight."
Tucker Martin says the new requirement is still just a "draft policy proposal." More: "The letter was sent without approval by a well-meaning staffer attempting to continue to process requests even while new procedures were being considered."
McDonnell's office is to meet today with the ACLU, the NAACP and other groups who objected to the modern-day literacy test.
The explanation from Richmond starts to explain some of the strangeness over the way the new requirement was rolled out, with reports that it was going forward, had gone forward already, and was being rolled back to draft status.
What's already clear is that McDonnell, the self-proclaimed proud leader of the Republican resurgence in America, is having a very tough time of it just three months into office. As State Sen. Don McEachin tells the Washington Post, "It raises an eyebrow. If they're not going to use the essay, why have they written people and told them they're going to use the essays? It's starting to look like the gang that can't shoot straight."