Elis help ex-inmates vote
A campus political action group is working with local nonprofits to let ex-inmates know that they have a right to vote.
As part of its newly conceived New Haven Re-Enfranchisement Project, New Haven Action is training groups to re-register former prisoners, as well as ex-inmates who have never voted, and increase awareness about state laws governing inmate rights. Though Connecticut state law allows prisoners to vote once they are released from jail, NHA Director Katherine Zhang ’08 said, many ex-prisoners are unaware of the law.
“A lot of people don’t know, and if they had...
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