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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (223520)	3/11/2005 5:27:07 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573824

Re: For an example many felons think they can vote after they perform their sentence and reregister once they are out of jail Huh? The franchise is granted on a state by state basis. For example, Illinois and Ohio (among many other states) fully reinstate a felon's right to vote once that person is out of the penal system, including parole obligations. Sorry.......I didn't realize it was a state rights issue. In my state, a felon can not vote again until he/she is cleared by the state to do so and that is done on a case by case basis. Most Southern states, including Texas and most notoriously Florida do not allow ex-felons to vote if the crime was committed in that state. There was a huge dispute in 2000 about Jeb Bush fraudulently denying 10,000's of predominantly African-Americans based on database scams run by GOP party hacks. And Jeb Bush has done nothing honorable or ethical to remedy this situation. That's what made me think that all states had the same laws re. felons. My state [a non southern state] is more in line with the laws re. felons in FLA and TX. ted