Judith Browne Dianis gives us a little reminder of the damage towards voting rights moving along on the state level, bringing up a proposed constitutional amendment to the Virginian Constitution that would deal a significant blow to certain groups of people at the voting booth. This proposal, by State Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr., would impose new restrictions and obstacles in regards to the restoration of voting rights for the incarcerated, and would even put in place a irreversible lifetime ban for certain others.
In the view of Dianis, this appears to be partisan strike-back for the recent efforts of Governor Terry McAuliffe to restore voting rights for those who paid their debt to society. This partisan tirade, however, has real consequences, denying the rights of American individuals in society and making them second-class citizens.