Does YOUR state restrict voting rights for returning citizens for being too poor? For far too many individuals, access to the ballot is determined by their ability to pay – a modern day poll tax. #restoreyourvotehttps://campaignlegal.org/update/report-cant-pay-cant-vote-national-survey-modern-poll-tax …
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There are a few ways that state law may tie the right to vote to your ability to pay fines and fees. It could be explicitly written into law, or the payment of debt could be a condition of completing parole or probation.
#restoreyourvotepic.twitter.com/9TU2bXZKRr
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Biases in the criminal justice system and felony disenfranchisement laws have the combined effect of keeping many more black citizens from voting than voters of other races. #restoreyourvotepic.twitter.com/1KydJMCuXS
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