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Connecticut and Florida Change Felon Disenfranchisement Laws
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2001, page 7
Connecticut and Florida take different approaches as they address the disenfranchisement of convicted felons. In Connecticut, state lawmakers, after intense debate and much legislative maneuvering, passed a bill that gives back the right to vote to convicted felons on probation. In a much different process, Florida Governor Jeb Bush and …
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Racial Discrimination,
Organizing,
Voting,
Probation,
State Legislation.
Locations:
Connecticut,
Florida.
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