Mike Tyson's home state of Nevada signed a law in 2019 to restore voting rights to all persons convicted of a felony upon release from prison, which will allow him to participate in this year's election.
"This will be my 1st time voting," Tyson said in a tweet Tuesday."I never thought I could because of my felony record. I'm proud to finally vote." Mike Tyson said in a tweet Tuesday that he'll be voting for the first time.He shared the news with his followers along with a link to register to vote and the hashtag #NationalVoterRegistrationDay.
More than 6 million Americans -- about 2.5% of the nation's voting-age population -- could not vote in the 2016 election due to felony records, according to an estimate by The Sentencing Project, a research group that advocates for improvements to the criminal justice system. There has been a growing movement toward restoring convicted felons the right to vote on a state-by-state basis in the last few decades, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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