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A coalition of advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit Monday over a Virginia law that automatically stripped convicted felons of their voting rights shortly after the Civil War. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia, voting rights advocacy group Protect Democracy and law firm WilmerHale filed the lawsuit Monday against Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin…

The suit, filed in the federal court on behalf of formerly incarcerated individuals, comes months after Youngkin’s administration quietly adjusted the process for restoring voting rights to formerly incarcerated people.