Just in time for the 2008 Iowa primary.Under pressure from the Right to Vote coalition, a voters' education group, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack Thomas James Vilsack (born December 13, 1950) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and served as the 40th Governor of the state of Iowa. He was first elected in 1998 and re-elected to a second four-year term in 2002. announced in July July: see month. that the state would restore voting rights Voting rights The right to vote on matters that are put to a vote of security holders. For example the right to vote for directors. voting rights The type of voting and the amount of control held by the owners of a class of stock. to all ex-offenders who had completed their sentences. People convicted of felonies are commonly stripped of voting rights, and Iowa had one of the most restrictive policies in the country. The decision in Iowa will affect about 80,000 ex-felons. Black folks make up 2 percent of Iowa's population but 19 percent of those who had lost their voting rights. |
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