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D.C. bill to restore vote to imprisoned felons receives support at public hearing
Legislation that would make the nation’s capital the first jurisdiction in the country to restore the right to vote to imprisoned felons received widespread support at a public hearing on Thursday.
About 50 people, including criminal justice activists, spoke at the first public hearing held by D.C. lawmakers, and nearly all expressed strong support for legislation that would put the District at the vanguard of the felon enfranchisement movement.
The District and every state but Maine and Vermont strip convicted felons of their right to vote while in prison, which activists say is a legacy of the Jim Crow era.
Legislation that would make the nation’s capital the first jurisdiction in the country to restore the right to vote to imprisoned felons received widespread support at a public hearing on Thursday.
About 50 people, including criminal justice activists, spoke at the first public hearing held by D.C. lawmakers, and nearly all expressed strong support for legislation that would put the District at the vanguard of the felon enfranchisement movement.
The District and every state but Maine and Vermont strip convicted felons of their right to vote while in prison, which activists say is a legacy of the Jim Crow era.