Monday, July 27, 2009
1:40 PM
Feingold, Conyers seek to reinstate voting rights for convicts
U.S. Sens. Russ Feingold, D-Middleton, and John Conyers, D-Mich., have reintroduced their Democracy Restoration Act, which would restore voting rights to felons who have completed their sentences.
The senators said in a statement today that of the 5 million felons currently ineligible to vote, three-quarters are not in prison.
"The expansion of voting rights to the poor, women, minorities and young people is one of the greatest stories in our country's history," Feingold said. "We should continue this legacy by expanding the right to vote to those who have fully paid their debt to society."
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