Ford Pushes For Voting Rights For Convicted Inmates
Illinois Representative LaShawn Ford is pushing legislation that would give voting rights to convicts in prison. The Chicago Democrat and other voting rights advocates say around 30-thousand prison inmates in the state were ineligible to vote in this week’s primary election. Current state law says anyone convicted of a crime who is serving a sentence in a federal or state prison, county jail or on work release is ineligible to vote. Ford says disqualifying prison inmates from voting is part of a broader effort to limit voter rights.
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