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Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’ gets done, and where the sky, too, is moving under you.
We begin this week with some good news from the state of Washington, because we were feeling like Mr. Happy Sunshine Man on Thursday morning. A good thing happened and we should note the good thing that happened, because we don’t do that enough in our semi-regular weekly medley of sorrow and woe. From the
The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2022, automatically restores that fundamental right as soon as people who’ve been convicted of felonies are not spending 24 hours a day in a corrections facility. Under the new law, a person will be able to vote if they’re on community supervision part of a sentence served out in the community under conditions or on work release. A person’s right to vote also can no longer be revoked for failing t