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Voting Rights : A Lifetime Sentence For Felons

Do you believe ex-felons should have their voting rights restored once they’ve served their time and parole?

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Do you believe persons with felony convictions should have their voting rights restored once they’ve served their time and parole?

According to a study released this month by the Sentencing Project, about 7.7 percent of the African American voting-age population is disenfranchised, compared with 1.8 percent of the non-African American population.

In Virginia, Kentucky and Florida, felon disenfranchisement affects a staggering one in five African Americans.

The underlying question is, why have states disenfranchised persons with a felony who’ve served their sentences, paid their dues and rejoined their communities with hardening voting rights?

Read More at The Washington Post

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