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October 8, 2012
TRYMAINE LEE, HUFFINGTON POST
Eric Bates was caught twice in the late 1990s driving with a
suspended license, and then again in 2006. That third time, under
then-Virginia law, Bates was considered a habitual offender and was
prosecuted as a felon.
He served 14 months in prison and was released in 2008. He returned
home hoping to put his legal issues behind him and move on with his
life.
But like many of the nearly 1 million people who are released from correctional facilities
each year, Bates said he has had difficulty finding steady work and
making ends meet. His rather pedestrian criminal record has also come
with one other lingering consequence: Bates has found himself among the
approximately 5.8 million whose voting rights have been taken away
because of a felony conviction.
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October 6, 2012
CBS MIAMI
MIAMI — The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group, along with Project Vote, held a final push voter-registration event Saturday afternoon.
Tuesday is the deadline to register to vote in the November election.
“We’ve completed a little over 33 or 34,000 voter registrations,” said Natalia Carlier, the South Florida Coordinator for NCLR.
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October 3, 2012
ALEXIS TAYLOR, AFRO
Would-be voters in the 2012 general election have less than two weeks to register.
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