Taking voter registration to the people, even if they’re new citizens or behind bars

A Syracuse organization is taking the right to vote to people in places that could be surprising. Some might think that people in the Syracuse Justice Center jail don’t have the right to vote. Well, they do.

The League of Women Voters is taking the right to register right to the people inside the jail.

Voter services leader Joan Durant says most people in the Justice Center are not convicted of crimes yet. While their case is pending, they have the right to register and to vote, as does someone who has been convicted of a misdemeanor offense. Only those in prison for felonies can’t vote…

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