July 12, 2012
There’s a widespread misconception that once you become a convicted felon, your voting rights are automatically terminated. In Mississippi, that only applies to a handful of specific crimes. The crimes are murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement and bigamy. I recently covered an ACLU of Mississippi voter registration drive that targets convicted felons who are eligible to vote.
There’s a widespread misconception that once you become a convicted felon, your voting rights are automatically terminated. In Mississippi, that only applies to a handful of specific crimes. The crimes are murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement and bigamy. I recently covered an ACLU of Mississippi voter registration drive that targets convicted felons who are eligible to vote.
