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July 27, 2022
People with felony convictions but who are not behind bars can now cast ballots following an appeals court ruling.
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August 24, 2021
North Carolina judges rule to grant voting access to over 50,000 convicted felons including ones currently on probation
California State Prisons Face Overcrowding Issues
January 21, 2021
Georgia Democrats filed legislation to reinstate voting rights to felons but it is unlikely the bill will pass.
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February 19, 2020
Florida cannot bar felons who served their time from registering to vote simply because they have failed to pay fines…
January 23, 2018
A proposed constitutional amendment has reached the 766,200 petition signatures needed to go on the ballot come November. The initiative…
April 18, 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Clinton says Christians who believe in a God of forgiveness should be willing to give…
April 11, 2016
Last month, the president hosted a surprise meeting with former federal inmates who had been invited to the White House...
February 19, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) today urged lawmakers in Kentucky to change the state's laws and allow convicted…
December 18, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - Two convicted bank robbers are at large after using a knotted rope or bed sheets to escape…
October 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper and ex-felon 2 Chainz has teamed up with the Respect My Vote! campaign to help educated…
July 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - One of every 13 African-Americans of voting age is disenfranchised because of laws in states that prevent…