When Virginia ratified the 1971 constitution, the environmental movement was in its early stages. Even so, concerned about urban sprawl and pollution, the Commission on Constitutional Revision recognized environmental problems would be pressing in coming years. Their prediction proved correct.
Virginia is the only state where those convicted of felonies must apply individually to the governor for their voting rights to be restored. Fortunately, the drafters recognized a state constitution is not static. They removed voting bars found in the earlier constitution and left room for future generations to achieve further change through constitutional amendments.
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A few days after the Democrat-controlled Senate blocked Gov. Youngkin’s pick for Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, Andrew Wheeler, the House of Delegates voted not to confirm 11 Northam appointees to several state boards.