Legislation advancing in Maryland and Alabama would expand voting rights for people with felony convictions, marking ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES - Advocacy groups want the voting rights of ex-felons restored automatically upon completion ...

DES MOINES - Legislation defining 'discharge of sentence” received bipartisan support in the Iowa House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, helping clear the way for approval of a proposed ...

Bill expands who can vote in Kentucky elections to include felons. A bipartisan pair of lawmakers want to expand who can vote in our elections. Specifically, those formerly incarcerated. While ...

Nearly 1.5 million former felons in Florida will no longer be permanently disenfranchised. With the passage of Constitutional Amendment 4, former felons, excluding those convicted of murder and sexual ...

“It is time to fundamentally rethink laws that permanently disenfranchise people who are no longer under federal or state supervision.” — Attorney General Eric Holder “The governor believes that when ...

Assadique Abdul-Rahman, an organizer for a progressive advocacy group in Virginia, holds up up a copy of bill restoring voting rights to felons, in Richmond, Va., May 27, 2016. It is up to states — ...

A bill being considered by Nebraska lawmakers seeks to give voting restoration to voters after completion of a felony ...

League of Women Voters highlights push to restore voting rights for Kentuckians with felonies. Under the Kentucky constitution, citizens conficted of a felony cannot vote, and can never get their vote ...

Virginia is the only state in the nation that requires people with a felony to individually petition the governor to restore their voting rights. In November, Virginians may take that power out of the ...