Restore Voting Rights
It is possible for a registered offender to have their rights restored in Virginia.
Both Non-Violent and Violent classifications, it might just take a few years but it’s worth the wait.
Restore Our Vote, Virginia:
Virginia ACLU
Felony Disfranchisement in Virginia
www.restoreourvote.org
Email-vote@restoreourvote.org OR vote@acluva.org
804-644-8080
- If you have been convicted of a non-violent felony and have been released from supervised probation for a minimum of three years, restoring your voting rights only requires the completion of a one-page application to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. In the end the Governor has sole discretion to decide whether or not to restore your rights.
- If you have been convicted of a violent felony, drug or election law offense and have been released from supervised probation for a minimum of five years a longer application to the Secretary of the Commonwealth is required. In the end the Governor has sole discretion to decide whether or not to restore your rights.
- You must have paid all costs and fines related to your conviction and any costs and fines from traffic court before your application will be considered. Also you cannot have a DWI conviction within the past five years immediately preceding your application.
To Apply to have your Civil Rights Restored, make your Request to the Secretary of the Commonwealth at: http://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/JudicialSystem/Clemency/clemency.cfm. http://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/JudicialSystem/Clemency/Gov-Letter-ROR.pdf
http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=183
http://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/JudicialSystem/Clemency/2-Year_RoR_Application.pdf
http://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/JudicialSystem/Clemency/5-Year_RoR_Application.pdf
Form:
http://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/JudicialSystem/Clemency/RORLongApp.pdf
Restoration of Rights By State:
http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/documents/State_Designated_Voter_Registration_Agencies/feloninfo.PDF
CURE, Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants:
Virginia: www.vacure.org
League of Women Voters of Virginia:
www.lwv-va.org
Missing Voter Project, Hampton Roads:
http://www.democracysouth.org/missingvoter/mvpindex.html
Step Up Incorporated:
http://stepupincorporated.com/
The Rutherford Institute:
www.rutherford.org
The Sentencing Project:
www.sentencingproject.org
VA CARES:
www.vacares.org
The Virginia Organizing Project:
www.virginia-organizing.org
Virginia Interfaith Center:
www.virginiainterfaithcenter.org/
Virginia Poverty Law Center:
www.vplc.org
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