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Massachusetts Disenfranchises its Prisoners

Loaded on July 15, 2001 published in Prison Legal News July, 2001, page 16
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, State Legislation. Location: Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Disenfranchises Its Prisoners

by Peter Wagner

On November 7, 2000, by a 2 to 1 margin, Massachusetts disenfranchised its prisoners with a constitutional amendment called Question 2. Question 2 marked the first time that the Massachusetts constitution had been amended to take away rights from a group of people. ...

 

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