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To: Diplomat

Currently, 46 states prohibit prisoners serving a felony sentence from voting. (The four states that permit inmates to vote are Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.) In addition, 32 states deny the vote to persons on probation and/or parole, and in 14 states a felony conviction *can* result in disenfranchisement for life. Voting in federal elections is determined by the voting laws in place in one's state of residence.

(*But not neccessarily does*)


16 posted on 08/14/2004 2:13:45 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58

Thanks Graybeard58, I would have thought that more states would have felons removed for good. And people calls us Californians liberal fools, what is wrong with New England? Felons in jail voting, I'd say they already got their due process and be done with it.


26 posted on 08/14/2004 6:41:41 PM PDT by Diplomat
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