That guidance pertained only to the case of Richmond School Board candidate Kevin Starlings. He registered to vote after McAuliffe issued the blanket restoration. Starlings was certified to appear on the ballot but then lost the right to vote when the Supreme Court overturned McAuliffe’s order.

The rights restoration dispute also has ramifications for Richmond’s mayoral race. The ballot signature of a single felon who registered to vote this year, then lost his political rights in the Supreme Court’s decision, could be critical to candidate Michelle R. Mosby.

Four of Mosby’s 545 signatures to qualify for the ballot were from felons who registered under McAuliffe’s order that the Supreme Court overturned. One of those four was in Richmond’s 1st District, where Mosby obtained 50 qualified signatures, the precise number she needed for each district.

Mosby has been certified as a candidate for mayor, but state officials have not yet given local officials guidance on the issue.

Another side effect of the rights restoration dispute is that the Supreme Court’s reversal of McAuliffe’s order has left gun rights in limbo for some ex-offenders.