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News October 26, 2020
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The majority of the 745,000 people held in local jails can vote, but few do. Advocates say it’s voter suppression on a national scale.
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The state’s disenfranchisement law punishes people with nonviolent offenses, as reform fails in the Legislature and courts.
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