Washington may be 18th state allowing felons to vote right after prison
Posted on AllSides January 27th, 2020
From The Center
Washington looks on course to become the second state in as many months to restore voting rights to felons as soon as they leave prison.
Last week a state Senate committee approved a bill repealing a requirement that convicts complete probation before reclaiming the franchise. The measure now goes to the full Senate, which like the state House has a solid Democratic majority.
New Jersey, another state where the levers of power are all in Democrats' hands, re-enfranchised more than 80,000 people by enacting a similar law in December —...
