The number of Tennesseans who can’t vote because of a felony conviction has risen since 2016 — despite a national trend in the opposite direction — according to a new national report released today.
Nashville Nonprofit Helps Formerly Incarcerated Tennesseans Regain Their Voting Rights
After two years of paperwork and phone calls and visits to countless government buildings, Milton Thomas was about ready to give up. But outside the Davidson County Election Commission Monday, Thomas was all smiles. A local nonprofit had paid off his court debt, just in time for the deadline to register to vote.
Bipartisan Lawmakers Make Impassioned Plea To Reduce Job Barriers For Felons in Tennessee
Listen / A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to change a law that blocks people with criminal records from getting licensed for certain jobs.
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