These Virginians won't be able to vote next month

Santia Nance and Gin Carter said they haven’t washed a single dish since their partners were released from prison.

As both loathe the household chore, Nance’s husband Quadaire Patterson and Carter’s husband Taj Mahon-Haft have been more than happy to take it on.

While Carter is in her fourth year of veterinarian school, Mahon-Haft said doing the dishes is just one more way to support her after she emotionally supported him through his incarceration.

The couples were part of a multi-group effort to change state law expanding pathways for early release of incarcerated people who meet certain criteria. They also made friends along the way as people were released this past July through expansions to Earned Sentence Credits — a way that people with good behavior and who participate in educational advancements can trim some of their prison sentences. Despite initial opposition to its expansions in 2022, Gov. Glenn Youngkin allowed its implementation this year.




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