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Measure restores vote to all felons; Democrats say the time is right.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 24-JAN-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Measure restores vote to all felons; Democrats say the time is right.(PAGE ONE)

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Byline: S.A. Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

ANNAPOLIS - Democratic lawmakers, who have long pushed to restore voting rights to Maryland felons, say racial politics and election-year considerations make this the year they open the polls to every ex-convict.

"This law seriously disenfranchises a large number of African-Americans," said Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, a black Baltimore Democrat who is gathering sponsors for a voting-rights restoration bill she plans to submit.

"Their disenfranchisement impacts the power of African-Americans in this state," said Mrs. Marriott, whose bill would give all felons the vote immediately upon release from prison.

If Mrs. Marriott's bill succeeds this time - it has died in committee the past three years - an...

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