This measure would restore voting rights to certain individuals upon completion of all sentence requirements. We believe in second chances, and we need to ensure that our voting laws support that too. People returning to our communities are our neighbors and friends. They are people we work alongside to make our state a better place. They deserve a second chance to reintegrate.
It is long overdue to end the current process - one that is arbitrary, politically-motivated, and practically unworkable, as intended by the drafters of the 1890 Constitution.
