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| La. passes voting resolution |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/15/2007 |
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BATON ROUGE, LA - Jail inmates who are waiting for trial and not serving any felony sentence can vote absentee in Louisiana fall elections, the state Attorney General's Office says. All state residents have the right to vote unless they are serving time for a felony or legally found mentally incompetent, Assistant Attorney General William Bryan wrote. State Sen. Charles D. Jones, D-Monroe, who has long urged mayors, sheriffs and police chiefs to make voting available to inmates awaiting trial, had asked Attorney General Charles Foti for the opinion. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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