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November 02, 2004
Maine | Inmates vote

WCSH (Portland):

Only two states in the nation allow inmates to vote. Maine is one of them, Vermont is the other.
In Penobscot County, prisoners used the phone to call either their town office or a family member to make sure they got an absentee ballot sent to them.

Corporal Donna Downing of the Sheriff’s Department says only six out of 161 prisoners requested a ballot this year, but since it’s their right to vote, she was happy to help make it happen.

Inmates in the Cumberland County Jail also voted by absentee ballot sent by the clerk of their home town. They were assisted by the jail’s education officer.



Posted by BD at November 2, 2004 05:32 PM | TrackBack
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This is novel. Florida is one of those states that prohibits convicted felons from voting, ever (unless they get the Governor to restore their civil rights). Doesn’t seem right to me. If you have done your time, you ought to be able to vote it seems to me.

Posted by: rdelephant [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 05:54 PM

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