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60 Days Left in NV to Restore Voting Rights

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Public News Service - NV » August , 2008 60 Days Left in NV to Restore Voting Rights Las Vegas, NV ? The clock is ticking for an estimated 20,000 Nevadans who have paid their debts to society and have a chance to regain their right to vote, in time for the upcoming presidential election. Under a new state law, most people who have served their time for non-violent offenses can file papers to get a voter registration card. Mike Aguirre was in his 20s when he admitted his guilt to a drug charge, and his three years of probation ended long ago. Now, he's forty. "It just seems like this election, there's so much attention focusing on it, I want my voice to count; I want to be part of this, basically making history, this campaign, and I just want to be a part of it...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 12, 2008 (boomark / email).