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Episode 775: Tennessee Enacts Voting Rights Restoration for Citizens Returning from Incarceration for Common Felonies
The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for May 7, 2025
Tennessee Enacts Voting Rights Restoration for Citizens Returning from Incarceration for Common Felonies
Returning Tennessee citizens convicted of most felonies can now have their voting rights returned by a court order, rather than a pardon from the governor, under a law enacted May 2nd. It also removed the requirement that all fees be paid prior to those rights being restored.
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