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ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation giving people convicted of a felony the right to vote once they’ve been released from incarceration, building on a 2018 executive order restoring the right for many people on parole.
Cuomo s signing of the legislation this week was hailed by criminal justice advocates and legislators who said that barring people from the process harkened back to segregation and continued to disenfranchise people of color.
“With today s expansion of voting rights, we realize a principle that our segregation-era laws have sought to deny: every citizen has equal worth and deserves the right to vote,” said Assemblyman Danny O Donnell, D-Manhattan.
ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation giving people convicted of a felony the right to vote once they’ve been released from incarceration, building on a 2018 executive order restoring the right for many people on parole.
Cuomo s signing of the legislation this week was hailed by criminal justice advocates and legislators who said that barring people from the process harkened back to segregation and continued to disenfranchise people of color.
“With today s expansion of voting rights, we realize a principle that our segregation-era laws have sought to deny: every citizen has equal worth and deserves the right to vote,” said Assemblyman Danny O Donnell, D-Manhattan.