felons get vote sudden virginia governor buddy clinton .dirty politics seem follow clintons long history corruption mcauliffe bill clinton help friday gov terry mcauliffe d-va give 200,000 felons right vote list include rapists murderers ok. help hillary clinton fall washington post report gov terry mcauliffe make ex-felons virginia eligible vote upcoming presidential election part years-long effort restore full vote right former convicts.mcauliffe announcement richmond friday allow estimate 180,000 210,000 former felons prison probation parole register vote year virginia battleground state accord coalition civil right group push restoration vote rights.advocates say mcauliffe move biggest-ever single action take restore vote right country historic day democracy virginia across nation say tram nguyen co-executive director new virginia majority progressive activist group disenfranchisement people serve sentence outdated discriminatory vestige nation jim crow past many republicans view mcauliffe action blatant favor longtime friend hillary clinton wife recently raise million mclean home hard describe transparent governor motives house speaker william j. howell r-stafford say statement singular purpose terry mcauliffe governorship elect hillary clinton president unite state office always step stone job hillary clinton cabinet.republicans particularly outrage policy take account violence crime whether person commit serial crimes whether commit crimes since complete sentence whether pay victims back medical bills.via wapo help hillary virginia governor help 200,000 people vote hillary