Virginia Citation Restores Rights to 'Betty No Last Name' Among 66,000 Cases
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 29
Virginia Citation Restores Rights to 'Betty No Last Name' Among 66,000 Cases
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 29
Summary
A Virginia executive citation addressed to "Betty No Last Name" surfaced Thursday, purporting to restore voting, jury-service and office-holding rights under Gov. Abigail Spanberger's clemency process.
Attorney Tim Anderson said the document came from Spanberger's office via a public-records request to the Chesapeake Sheriff's Office, arguing the obvious error undercuts claims that each case received individualized review.
The citation bears the signatures of Spanberger and Secretary of the Commonwealth Candi Mundon-King, and Anderson said reports had already emerged of restoration notices being sent to deceased people.
Former Attorney General Jason Miyares and Republican lawmakers seized on the case to demand an independent audit, while Anderson said similar errors may exist beyond the handful of agencies he contacted.
The dispute lands days before Virginia's Nov. 3 ballot measure on automatic restoration upon prison release, giving opponents fresh ammunition against expanding the current process.