Spanberger voting-rights letters sent to dead felons amid ballot access push

Deceased Virginians with felony convictions are reportedly among those receiving voting-rights restoration letters under Gov.Abigail Spanberger, who announced in July that she had restored voting rights to 66,000 people with felony convictions.The notices come as Virginia separately implements a federal court ruling that sharply narrowed which felony convictions can trigger disenfranchisement, while voters this fall will decide whether to amend the state constitution to automatically restore voting rights upon release from incarceration."I've been a lawyer for 27 years and in every minute of my career, when you were convicted of a felony, you lose your voting rights.

The way you get those back is you have to petition the governor and then the governor can review your case and determine whether the civil rights of a convicted felon should be restored," Virginia Beach attorney Tim Anderson told Fox News Digital on Monday.Anderson, who shared posts showing letters from Spanberger and her administration sent to families of deceased recipients, said the situation is "one or the other" — either Richmond is not vetting who receives the restoration notifications or its vetting is not thorough enough to catch deceased recipients.SPANBERGER SPARKS OUTRAGE AFTER SNEAKILY ENDING YOUNGKIN-ERA WOMEN'S SPORTS PROTECTIONSVirginia Gov.Abigail Spanberger speaks during a "Defend the Vote" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Aug.

28, 2026, coinciding with the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 "March on Washington" rally for civil rights.A U.S.

federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's executive order on Aug.27 curbing the use of mail-in ballots, the latest twist in a legal dispute months before November's midterm elections.

(Ken Cedeno / AFP via Getty Images)"The order specifically says that they've reviewed [each] case individually, right?"He noted that Virginia has online voter registration and questioned whether an unscrupulous relative who received one of th...