LINCOLN — Roughly 7,000 Nebraskans today can directly benefit from a newly passed state law that eliminates a two-year waiting period and immediately restores voting rights to felons upon completion of their sentence, advocates of the law said Friday. Members of a coalition that has fought years for the legal change now are preparing to […] The post Advocates plan ‘boots on the ground’ efforts to reach Nebraskans affected by new felon voting law appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.

Related Keywords

Vermont , United States , District Of Columbia , Nebraska , Omaha , Maine , Nebraskans , Jasmine Harris , Bob Evnen , Jane Seu , Jim Pillen , Lincoln Sen , Adam Morfeld , Justin Wayne , Jane Raybould , Mike Hilgers , Demetrius Gatson , American Civil Liberties Union Of Nebraska , Voting Rights Restoration Coalition , National Conference Of State Legislatures , Getty Images , Nebraska Examiner , Omaha State , Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers , State Bob Evnen , American Civil Liberties Union , Change Has , Has Happened , Civic Nebraska , National Conference , State Legislatures , Voting Rights , Chad Greene , Vote Efforts , Waiting Period ,