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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - More than 13,000 ex-felons may be eligible to vote in Florida but don't know it because the notices the parole board mailed to them were returned as undeliverable, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday.
The civil rights group raised the concern after analyzing more than 17,000 names of ex-felons who had their voting rights automatically restored by the Florida Parole Commission.
The list was obtained under the state's public records law and included ex-felons whose Restoration of Civil Rights certificates were
http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-florida-ex-felons-may-not-know-vote-010049338.html
The civil rights group raised the concern after analyzing more than 17,000 names of ex-felons who had their voting rights automatically restored by the Florida Parole Commission.
The list was obtained under the state's public records law and included ex-felons whose Restoration of Civil Rights certificates were
http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-florida-ex-felons-may-not-know-vote-010049338.html