When I was told I could vote, it was an amazing feeling,” Jessie Tate said. “It felt so good. They gave you an ‘I voted’ ...
The question of whether convicted felons should have voting rights has become ... the reason why a lot of us have problems with it." There are more than 8,000 convicted felons in state prisons — and ...
PAUL — The Minnesota Senate on Tuesday night, Feb. 21, passed bills restoring voting rights to felons and allowing ... Twenty years ago, Minnesota barred those without legal immigration status ...
According to the governor's office, 55,000 individuals who previously were deprived of voting rights now can register ... House File 28 passed the Democratic-held Minnesota Senate and House ...
Rivers became interested in doing so in February of that year when he was being held in the ... permanent loss of voting rights in Florida. Rivers hadn’t been convicted of those crimes, so ...
Justices are expected to rule in the coming weeks in a case out of Alabama that could make it much more difficult for ...
The 1965 Voting Rights Act was drafted by Dr. Martin L ... which excludes social service agencies helping those without transportation. Public transportation in the Black Belt counties of Alabama ...
This year’s update to state law also makes jurisdictions that violate the voting rights law responsible for up to $50,000 in legal costs to be awarded to those ... that held a public hearing ...
The state department offered tips regarding voter rights in Pennsylvania: Only first-time voters, or those voting for the first time in a new precinct, must show ID. Acceptable ID includes ...
Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced ...
Rivers became interested in doing so in February of that year when he was being held in the ... permanent loss of voting rights in Florida. Rivers hadn’t been convicted of those crimes, so ...
This year’s update to state law also makes jurisdictions that violate the voting rights law responsible for up to $50,000 in legal costs to be awarded to those ... that held a public hearing ...
