The road to hell is paved with good intentions

In his rush to look like a good liberal, carpetbagger Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe restored voting rights to more than 200,000 felons, some of whom are still in prison. McAuliffe claimed that only felons who had completed their sentences and their parole would have their rights restored. However, the task seems to have been too complicated for his staff to accomplish according to the Virginian-Pilot;

“This is obviously a massive administrative undertaking,” [McAuliffe’s spokesman, Brian Coy] said. “We are working constantly to refine the working administrative database that we’re using to implement this process. As we are made aware of ways we can refine it, we’re executing those refinements immediately.”

The state corrected the errors Thursday after inquiries from The Post about why the civil rights of Cloud [a murdering child molester in West Virginia prison], Harmon Wright [a murdering cop who killed a Sunday school teacher] and several others were restored, according to a searchable database on the Secretary of Commonwealth website. Their rights were restored on April 22, the day McAuliffe signed the clemency order.

State Del. Robert B. Bell, R-Albemarle, who is running for attorney general, said the errors confirmed the concerns voiced by critics.

“This exceeds our worst fears,” Bell said. “He did not even comply with his own very, very modest restrictions. At least if you’re going to do it, do it right.”

The glitch seemed to have happened with people who were convicted of their crimes committed in Virginia, but imprisoned in other States. But McAuliffe needed to restore voting rights in time for felons to cast their votes for Hillary Clinton, so what’s a few voting violent felons when the revolution is at stake?

In addition to Cloud and Harmon-Wright, they discovered Cecil Leonard Hopkins, 51, who strangled his girlfriend and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. He is living in Maryland under supervised probation.

Two others – Virgil J. Dantic, 77, and Frank P. Ferrara, 52 – are serving time in Virginia prisons for sex crimes, records show.

“There’s going to be lots and lots more. That’s part of the problem with rushing this through,” [Jim Fisher, Fauquier commonwealth’s attorney] said.

Is there room enough in that hand basket for all of us?

Thanks to Mick for the link.

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