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| Professor challenges voting rights |
| By Ashland Times-Gazette |
| Published: 10/23/2008 |
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OHIO - A local man has challenged the right of 21 Mohican Juvenile Corrections Facility residents to cast absentee ballots in Ashland County. A Cincinnati-based advocacy group helped the Mohican Juvenile Facility inmates register to vote as part of a statewide effort to encourage youthful offenders between 18 and 21 years of age to take an interest in their communities. Juveniles adjudicated of crimes that would be felonies if committed by an adult are eligible to vote even while incarcerated. Adults convicted of felonies cannot vote while serving time. Ashland resident Michael L. Barrett filed a challenge Oct. 15 with the County Board of Elections questioning the right of the MoJCF residents to vote in the county. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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