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PA: Felon voting signs removed from Obama office

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

08/22/2008 Felon voting signs removed from Obama office By Michael Hays Pottstown, PA POTTSTOWN ? A simple sign in the window of the local Barack Obama campaign headquarters has reignited a conversation about convicted felons' right to vote in this country. The poster board welcomed all passersby to register to vote and included the statement: "Felons can vote." The sign, which was visible at the office opening a week ago, has since been removed. A lifesize cardboard printout of the presumptive Democratic nominee for president has replaced the sign. A spokesman from the Philadelphia campaign office said this decision was made at the local level. "They just realized maybe it was sending the wrong message and took it down themselves," Sean Smith said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 28, 2008 (boomark / email).