Louisiana Secretary of State’s website had no mention of the change Monday, except for a brief reference in a list of voting qualifications. “Many people who were legally given the right to vote back in 2017 still believe that they cannot vote,” she said in an email. The change in Louisiana comes amid a push across the country to reconsider policies that restrict when people with felony convictions can vote. Reilly’s own story illustrates how confusing it can be to figure out if you can vote with a felony conviction. But when he moved to Louisiana in 2011, he lost the right to vote because of the state’s law.

Source: Huffington Post March 04, 2019 18:25 UTC