Mississippi lawmakers are planning to bring back the discussion on restoring voting rights for some convicted felons. While a bill that would have restored voting rights to nearly 40,000 individuals stalled in the Senate this year, proponents remain hopeful for bipartisan support in the future. The proposed legislation would allow felons to vote if they have been out of prison for five years without any issues and would apply to specific non-violent offenses.
Mississippi lawmakers are planning to bring back the debate of restoring voting rights for some convicted felons
He says he’s in favor of a blanket restoration but the compromise in this year’s legislation was to allow them to vote if they’d been out for five years with no issues. It would only apply to certain disenfranchising crimes. He admits he’s been encouraged to see more members and leadership on board with the idea. But it stalled out on the Senate side this year.
Speaker Jason White says as a small-town lawyer, it’s not a former drug dealer coming to talk about getting a record expunged or voting rights restored.
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