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Virginia Gov. Pardons 60,000 Felons, Enough To Swing Election
dailycaller.com ^ | 11/6/16 | Luke Rosiak

Posted on 11/06/2016 4:58:26 PM PST by cotton1706

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has granted voting rights to as many as 60,000 convicted felons just in time for them to register to vote, nearly five times more than previously reported and enough to win the state for his long-time friend, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

McAuliffe sought to allow all of Virginia’s estimated 200,000 felons to vote, but state courts said each individual felon’s circumstances must be weighed. To get around that, McAuliffe used a mechanical autopen to rapidly sign thousands of letters, as if he had personally reviewed them, even as his office was saying the total was 13,000.

Now, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned that McAuliffe — who managed Clinton’s unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign — churned out five times as many letters before the registration deadline than publicly claimed.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2016swingstates; elections; felonvote; mcauliffe; va2016
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To: editor-surveyor

Doesn’t the Republicans control both houses in Virginia? This shows how impotent the Republican Party has become on the local, state and federal level.


21 posted on 11/06/2016 5:13:18 PM PST by Russ
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To: cotton1706

22 posted on 11/06/2016 5:13:35 PM PST by combat_boots (I no longer know what to say to put here. Pray for us.)
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To: cotton1706

Very bad omen for the democrats. For McAuliffe to try a stunt like that, the internal Democratic polls must be showing her getting less than 85% of the black vote and losing the state.


23 posted on 11/06/2016 5:13:51 PM PST by allendale
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To: All

Too many Debbie Downers have infested FR.


24 posted on 11/06/2016 5:14:30 PM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one fIaith, one baptcontent://media/external/file/266ism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: eekitsagreek

But it’s going to be Pyrrhic in the end.


25 posted on 11/06/2016 5:14:34 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: cotton1706

WELL, why can’t a Republican do it? Get them to sign ballots..like the left do.


26 posted on 11/06/2016 5:14:36 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I really don’t know enough about Virginia to even guess that one.


27 posted on 11/06/2016 5:14:54 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Drew68

And that is why they win elections and we don’t.


28 posted on 11/06/2016 5:14:59 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: Biggirl

Well we need some Ulysses Uppers.


29 posted on 11/06/2016 5:15:10 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: editor-surveyor
This should be challenged in court!

IIRC this was challenged in court. He couldn't mass pardon them all. He had to pardon them one by one ... and he did.

Please forgive me if I misremembered this.

30 posted on 11/06/2016 5:15:16 PM PST by bankwalker (Does a fish know that it's wet?)
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To: cotton1706

The Marxists are pulling out all the stops. They know this is the coup de gras if they can win this election.


31 posted on 11/06/2016 5:15:50 PM PST by oldbrowser (Clinton Foundation donations must be turned over to the U.S. like any other gifts.)
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To: editor-surveyor

Speaking of a spiritual sphere.

You heard how our dear Democrats are now well into explicit black magic.


32 posted on 11/06/2016 5:16:30 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: bankwalker

I remember hearing of individual restorations issued to a goodly sized subset of them, but not literally all.


33 posted on 11/06/2016 5:17:21 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: edh

He should be in jail for Global Crossing. Used to proceeds to give the Clinton a NY house. Then there was the McCabe (FBI) “bribe”. He is from up near where I live in NYS and we know he is scum. Why in the world did VA elect this guy Gov? So they had an opening. But Terrible Terry is using it to stage his ongoing corruption?


34 posted on 11/06/2016 5:17:27 PM PST by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: cotton1706

Americans may decide to dust off the Declaration of Independence and re-enact it if Trump is not elected.


35 posted on 11/06/2016 5:17:30 PM PST by ZULU (We are freedom's safest place!!!!)
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To: oldbrowser

Kind of more like a coup de disgrace.

But I am still guardedly optimistic. I believe the real grace of the real Lord is really approaching. An upset of evil is coming.


36 posted on 11/06/2016 5:18:46 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: cotton1706

Hugo Chavez played these games once in power to solidify his base.


37 posted on 11/06/2016 5:19:45 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: cotton1706

Add in the thousands of illegals voting in Virginia, Hillary is gaining momentum!


38 posted on 11/06/2016 5:19:49 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: editor-surveyor

Ok, I get it now - thanks!


39 posted on 11/06/2016 5:19:53 PM PST by Prolixus (Proud to be irredeemably on Hillary's "Enemies List")
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To: cotton1706

Gives new meaning to the phrase “winning by hook or by crook,” mostly by CROOK!


40 posted on 11/06/2016 5:20:06 PM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of CS paid is inversely proportionate to Mother's actual parenting of children)
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