The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES - Advocacy groups want the voting rights of ex-felons restored automatically upon completion ...

“It is time to fundamentally rethink laws that permanently disenfranchise people who are no longer under federal or state supervision.” — Attorney General Eric Holder “The governor believes that when ...

An organization started by NBA star LeBron James is donating $100,000 to help pay-off court debts in Florida, which will help ex-felons be eligible to vote later this fall. A group called More than a ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration want a federal judge to put on hold a challenge to a state law carrying out a constitutional amendment that restored voting rights to ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an omnibus elections bill Friday, a coalition of voting-rights and civil-rights groups announced they had filed a federal lawsuit challenging ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Helping people register to vote as a volunteer for the League of Women Voters of Johnson County, I was ...

Florida's clemency board has made it harder for former felons to win back their voting rights. For Many Florida Ex-Cons, Voting Booth Is Off-Limits Across the nation, the number of people who have ...

Republican state Sen. Warren Limmer opposed a 2023 Minnesota bill that would have restored voting rights to former felons still on parole. AP Photo/Steve Karnowski However, even when legally eligible, ...

Assadique Abdul-Rahman, an organizer for a progressive advocacy group in Virginia, holds up up a copy of bill restoring voting rights to felons, in Richmond, Va., May 27, 2016. It is up to states — ...