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Restoration of Civil Rights Gets Attention in Wisconsin and Virginia

by: project vote

Sat Sep 12, 2009 at 00:00

Cross-posted to Project Vote's Voting Matters Blog

Last month, we reported that citizens are becoming more sympathetic to voting rights restoration as they realize disenfranchisement of released felons does not just unnecessarily punish the ex-offender, but also the voice of their communities. This news resonated recently in the states of Wisconsin and Virginia - one of which has hopes of restoring the rights of some 40,000 ex-offenders while the other is criticized for "lagging" in restoration of civil rights.

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