My friend Hans von Spakovsky notes that the e-mails reveal that the governor was working with progressive groups, who are his political allies, instead of with state election officials, who were surprised by his action. That is, he was acting not like a government official but more in the mode of a campaign consultant for the Democratic party. Hans and I, by the way, wrote a column on Governor McAuliffe’s felon reenfrachisement action right after he took it.