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		tssva on March 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What it’s like to spend four and a half years in s... Felons not being able to vote is not universal. It is up to each state to determine whether to allow felons to vote. In recent years restoration of voting rights to felons has been on the rise.

nkrisc on March 12, 2020 [–]

An important clarification, which furthers my point that "convicts can't vote" is pretty inaccurate.

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