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Colorado Parolee’s Disenfranchisement Upheld
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2007
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2007, page 33
Colorado Parolee's Disenfranchisement UpheldThe Colorado Supreme Court has held that a person on parole does not have a right to vote. That ruling came in an appeal filed by Pastor Michael Danielson after the District Court for the city and County of Denver dismissed his suit against Colorado's Secretary ...
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