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For an estimated 4 million people with felony convictions, restoring their right to vote is complicated – and varies state by state

By Naomi F. Sugie, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
People who are convicted of felonies might think they can’t vote.

Even in California, where they do have the right to vote, people convicted of felonies cite cases in Florida and Texas where people with felonies who have completed their sentences have been arrested and sentenced to prison for trying to vote illegally.


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