Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Non-Violent Felons Regain Vote in CA
Fifty years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the law is still being challenged. In California, Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced this week that around 45,000 non-violent felons will be getting their right to vote reinstated. He called it 'a matter of conscience.'
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readFifty years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the law is still being challenged. In California, Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced this week that around 45,000 non-violent felons will be getting their right to vote reinstated. He called it 'a matter of conscience.'
