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The will take a simple message across the state: A felony conviction does not permanently take away a person鈥檚 right to vote. Many Alabama residents who have paid their debts to society are eligible to vote or to have their voting rights restored by obtaining a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote.

Workers will organize and train local leaders in communities across the state, participate in community events and forums, and go door to door to work with formerly incarcerated people who may be eligible to vote under Alabama law. They will also make use of an online tool, , that will guide formerly incarcerated Alabamians through the process of registering or re-establishing their voting status.

鈥淪o many people fought and died to ensure that all citizens have a voice in our society through the right to vote, yet many men and women 鈥� disproportionately people of color and poor people 鈥� have been denied the right to vote even after serving their time and completing their sentences,鈥� said Lecia Brooks, outreach director for the 澳彩开奖. 鈥淭he Alabama Voting Rights Project is dedicated to ensuring that every person who is eligible to vote in Alabama is registered and that each one of them can access the franchise. A healthy democracy depends on full participation by all members of society.鈥�

For more than a century, the violations that disqualified a voter in Alabama were decided by individual county officials throughout the state, resulting in different standards for each county. This relic of the Jim Crow era effectively silenced the voices of .

By passing the in 2017, Alabama finally clarified which felonies, state or federal, will not disqualify Alabamians from voting. It also started the process of restoring the right to vote for tens of thousands of people. Those Alabamians can now register to vote, even if they were previously told they could not. Tens of thousands of additional Alabamians may be eligible to restore their right to vote through a simple application for a state Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote.

Although Alabama passed the 鈥渕oral turpitude鈥� law that clarified which felonies would not block people from voting, Secretary of State John Merrill has that his office would not take any action to make sure the thousands of people affected by the law actually know about it.

Through their new voting rights project, the and the 澳彩开奖 will actively reach out to Alabama residents who are affected by the law, make sure they know about it, and help them access their right to vote under it.

鈥淭he Alabama Voting Rights Project is going to organize door to door, community by community in every region of Alabama to reach tens of thousands of Alabamians affected by recent changes in the law,鈥� said Blair Bowie, Alabama Voting Rights Campaign Manager and Skadden Fellow at the Campaign Legal Center.