The Minnesota Senate moved Tuesday to restore voting rights to convicted felons as soon as they get out of prison instead of continuing to require them to complete their parole before they can cast a ballot.
The Senate approved the "Restore the Vote" bill less than a week after the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the state's current restrictions and left it up to the Legislature to change them. Democrats behind the measure say it will help reintegrate former inmates -- who are disproportionately people of color -- back into society.
Supporters of the bill said it took on an even greater urgency after the Minnesota Supreme Court last week rejected a challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union, which had argued that the state's restrictions were unconstitutional. Champion said residents who would regain the right to vote are often people whom the courts have deemed safe for release, and that they're working, raising families and paying taxes. He noted that groups representing prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers and crime victims support the bill, as does the state Department of Corrections.
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