Many Ex-Felons Don’t Know They Can Get Their Right to Vote Restored [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 2/17/1612:00 PM

On a Tuesday afternoon in December, Richard Walker stood on the corner outside the city’s social services building and hollered.

“Hey! I’m helping people who’ve got a felony conviction like me get their rights back. You know anybody like that?”

Walker, 57, called out to office workers in suits, the women in line for cheap cell phones and the young man pushing a baby stroller down East Marshall Street.

He jogged alongside people hurrying toward a line of purple city buses who wanted to know more but risked missing their ride if they paused. He pressed fliers into the hands of people who said their cousin, son or friend could use some help.

[For more of this story, written by Sarah Barr, go to http://jjie.org/many-ex-felons...ote-restored/192262/]

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