I support the Civil Participation Rehabilitation Act of 1999, which would grant persons... who have been released from incarceration, the right to vote in Federal elections. This rampage that the Congress seemed to have been on... where we have had these sentences which go beyond a year and a day and, therefore, are considered a felony, we have so many people now who run the risk of being disenfranchised.
Discussing the Civil Participation Rehabilitation Act and its implications for voting rights.
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