S. 153494th CongressSenate Bill

A bill relating to voting rights of former offenders.

Introduced in the SenateDead

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Provides, under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, that no citizen of the United States who is otherwise qualified to vote in any Federal election shall be denied the right to vote in such election on account of his having been convicted of any crime, if he has served the sentence imposed as punishment therefor, completed any term of parole imposed in connection with such conviction, and is no longer under the jurisdiction of the court with respect to such conviction.

Introduced Apr 24, 1975
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Filed in the Senate

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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law

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Charles Percy

Republican

U.S. Senator · IL

5 cosponsors — mostly Democrats

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