Following legal pressure from civil rights groups, the Georgia Secretary of State has published details about the voting rights of people who still owe the government money after doing their time for felony convictions.
In letters to lawyers for the Secretary of State, lawyers for the Campaign Legal Center and the Southern Center for Human Rights had suggested Georgia may be violating the National Voter Registration Act by failing to “clearly and fully inform eligible voters of the state’s eligibility requirements.”
Georgia’s state constitution bars people convicted of felonies from voting until they’ve completed their sentence, but it does not say whether all fines, fees, or restitution must be paid.
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