Civil rights and voting rights groups are praising the Democracy Restoration Act of 2009, a bill recently introduced in Congress that would allow people released from prison to vote in federal elections. More...
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Results tagged “felon disenfranchisement”
With Election Day looming, voters are preparing to turn out for what many predict will be a record-setting day across the country. The past few months have seen a surge in efforts to restore voting rights to former felons. Numerous... More...
Some big voting rights stories today:* FLORIDA AND GEORGIA: 80,000 voters so far have called the Election Protection hotline -- 1-866-OUR-VOTE -- the national number set up by non-profits to handle voter problems, according to the Huffington Post. Election Protection... More...
A settlement reached this week will allow a minister to continue registering eligible voters currently incarcerated in Alabama's prisons.The Ordinary People's Society, with assistance from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, filed a lawsuit after the state Department of Corrections cancelled... More...
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