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- Attorney General Jay Jones launched a Voter Protection Section to enforce Virginia voting-rights laws.
- The unit targets President Donald Trump’s voting-restriction actions, including a March 2025 proof-of-citizenship order.
- Virginia faced criticism after restoration letters listed 34,000 deceased felons on voter rolls.
- Republicans denounced Jones’s unit as a political gesture.
- Democratic Party of Virginia backed the unit, saying it will resist President Donald Trump’s voting-rights attacks.
