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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: Virginia Gov. McAuliffe Announces Major Restoration of Voting Rights to 206k Former Felons [View all]sofa king
(10,857 posts)You would know exactly why it is, too, if you informed yourself.
This time, I'm not going to tell you.
You don't seem like the sort of chap who can come up with a search string as complex as "political breakdown Virginia assembly," so I will do you that favor and spoon-feed you the links.
Then after that, you are on your own.
Here is some secret magic about how a bill becomes a law in Virginia:
http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/includes/contentTemplate.php?tid=52&ctype=b&cid=90
Here is some secret knowledge on the composition of the Virginia Assembly, including the Senate:
https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_State_Senate_elections,_2015
And the House of Delegates:
https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_House_of_Delegates
Here is the definition of a supermajority, in case you are wondering why a party-line vote can override the Governor's veto in the House of Delegates:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermajority
If you can work your way through all of that, and I doubt you will bother, your final exam is to ask yourself what additional options the Republicans would have had to defeat this measure if the Governor had made his move 60 days ago, when the session had just begun. I will give you a hint: it has much more to do with screwing over the felons whose votes the Governor was trying to restore, rather than screwing over Bernie Sanders, who was already well on his way to getting his ass kicked in Virginia without the Governor's help.
Good luck. You obviously need it.
PS: 60 days is two months, not three.