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To: Alter Kaker

“All states except Vermont strip voting rights from felons.”

Nope, in most cases they get voting rights back once they are off parole.


23 posted on 10/20/2014 1:18:46 PM PDT by Beagle8U (If illegal aliens are undocumented immigrants, then shoplifters are undocumented customers.)
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To: Beagle8U
Nope, in most cases they get voting rights back once they are off parole.

The law varies. In all states except Vermont (and apparently Maine) felons are disenfranchised for a period. In some states, they get their voting rights restored automatically, in others they have to apply for restoration, and in other states it's very difficult or impossible to get approval to be reenfranchised.

26 posted on 10/20/2014 1:22:11 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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