Legislation in Olympia could give people in Washington prisons their voting rights. House Bill 2030, known as the Free the Vote Act, would allow people to vote in elections - potentially granting that right to more than 14,000 people in the state s prisons. Charles Longshore, a Skokomish tribal member, was convicted of second-degree murder in 2012 and is serving a 35-year sentence in a prison north of Olympia. .
There are fewer than two weeks before registered Nevada voters get to cast their ballot in the state s first presidential preference primary on Feb. 6. The state s transition from a caucus to a preference primary was made with Assembly Bill 126 during the 2021 Legislative session. .
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