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UpdatedWed, Apr 7, 2021 at 5:00 pm PT
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(Pierce County Auditor s Office)
OLYMPIA, WA Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill restoring voting rights to Washingtonians who have been formerly incarcerated for felonies.
The bill went into law immediately following Inslee s signing, giving voting rights back to an estimated 20,000 people, per The Seattle Times.
The bill only applies to those who have completed their prison sentences. As the governor noted during his signing Wednesday, similar laws are already on the books in many other states.
Subscribe The right to vote is a key component to a successful re-entry into society following incarceration, Inslee said. Now Washingtonians will have the same rights as 47 percent of Americans who live in states where laws like this already exist.