claim: virginia’s banning of felons from voting is a "jim crow-era law."
author: levar stoney
evidence_1: dec 7, 2018 ... virginia should stop impeding the right to vote of the imprisoned. ... impose on  any person convicted of any felony a lifetime ban on voting. ... it is past time for  virginia to amend our constitution to remove this jim crow-era limit — a limit ... in  jails or prisons, and their families — is governed by the same laws.
evidence_2: apr 27, 2016 ... last friday, virginia governor terry mcauliffe restored voting rights to more than  ... the path to virginia's jim crow constitution began with its ... repealed  reconstruction-era reforms and enacted jim crow laws .... 48 states have similar  restrictions, although only a handful of them include lifetime bans.
evidence_3: jan 15, 2018 ... florida's felon voting ban dates back to jim crow: 'this is the ... how florida's  felon voting rights laws, which disenfranchise 1.7 million felons, are a ... for the  center for equal opportunity, a conservative think tank in virginia.
evidence_4: jan 8, 2018 ... in 1960, still growing up in a virginia gripped by jim crow laws and racial ...  state's massive push to restore the voting rights for people with felonies. ... of the  14th amendment's prohibition of explicitly discriminatory laws, the ...
evidence_5: jul 28, 2014 ... cardin likens voting ban for felons to jim crow laws ... he says state laws,  especially in places like virginia, banning felons from voting ...