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Santorum and Romney Square Off On Felon Disenfranchisement
Rick Santorum asked Mitt Romney point blank: “Do you believe people who were felons, who served their time, who exhausted their parole and probation, should be given the right to vote?” This was in...
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The New Grandfather Clause: Illegally Disenfranchising 11% of New Orleans,...
Upon moving from Rhode Island to Louisiana, I was curious about my voting rights. In 2006, I was part of a small group of people to move Rhode Island voters to amend their constitution- and...
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When Candidates Oppose the Right to Vote
“Citizenship means standing up for everyone’s right to vote,” Obama said. But does he, and other politicians truly mean it? At a recent forum featuring four candidates for the New Orleans sheriff...
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Bruce Reilly Testifies on the Historical Racism Leading to Felon...
Bruce Reilly speaks to the National Voting Rights Commission during their national tour to speak to the constitutional history of Louisiana’s disenfranchisement of African Americans since emancipation....
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Dropping the “F-Bomb” on Politicians: The Problem of Felon Disenfranchisement
The Washington Post recently brought up the important annual awareness of roughly 6 million people denied voting rights due to a felony conviction. Unfortunately, they are mistaken to sum up the...
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Louisiana to vote on Voting Rights restoration tomorrow
Today Ban the Box, tomorrow Voting Rights. The Louisiana House of Representatives has heard about prisons and prisoners quite a bit in recent years, and now they are also getting an earful about...
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