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Another Tool of Voter Suppression: Felon Disenfranchisement Update

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Glasgow's organization, The Ordinary People Society

Reports:

“Restoring Voting Rights to Former Felons.” Project Vote. Jan. 5, 2007. “Restrictive Voter ID Laws.” Project Vote. March 2007.

The Sentencing Project

In Other News:

“Low-income people, while visiting offices that offer public assistance, are supposed to be asked if they are registered to vote. If they are not, but would like to be, they are also supposed to be offered assistance.” Read more of this Las Vegas Sun editorial on the National Voter Registration Act here.

“Voters faced obstacles casting ballots around the county Tuesday, including unstaffed polling places, a lack of transportation for senior citizens and disabled people and problems with voter records not showing up correctly at the polls.” More of this Galveston County Daily News report on the Texas primary here.

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