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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: EdinVA on August 04, 2015, 10:54:59 pm

Title: Thousands of California convicts to regain voting rights
Post by: EdinVA on August 04, 2015, 10:54:59 pm

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California restored voting rights Tuesday to tens of thousands of criminals serving sentences under community supervision, reversing a decision by a state official that they could not participate in elections.

Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced the settlement between the state and the American Civil Liberties Union of California, which sued on behalf of nearly 60,000 convicts who became ineligible to vote when then Secretary of State Debra Bowen determined in 2014 that community supervision was equivalent to parole.

Title: Re: Thousands of California convicts to regain voting rights
Post by: EdinVA on August 04, 2015, 10:55:29 pm

Setting the stage for a democratic win?

Title: Re: Thousands of California convicts to regain voting rights
Post by: andy58-in-nh on August 04, 2015, 11:27:54 pm

I don't know. Why should felons not be able to vote for others of their kind?