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Fed judges: Wash. felony inmates should get vote

The Associated Press//January 6, 2010//

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Fed judges: Wash. felony inmates should get vote

Fed judges: Wash. felony inmates should get vote

The Associated Press//January 6, 2010//

OLYMPIA, Wash. – In a decision that could give momentum to other efforts to expand voting to inmates, a federal appeals court ruled that incarcerated felons should be allowed to...

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Tags: felon voting rights, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Washington state, lawsuit

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