PreCheck gives you a few special perks once youâre in the security line. You get to keep your shoes, belt, and jacket on. You donât have to remove your laptop from your carry-on bag. And you donât have to remove your â3-1-1â baggie of toiletries, either.
State approaches to felon disenfranchisement vary tremendously. In Maine and Vermont, felons never lose their right to vote, even while they are incarcerated. In Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, and Virginia, felons and ex-felons permanently lose their right to vote, without a pardon from the governor.
California election officials are reversing a policy that prevents 45,000 felons from casting ballots, placing the state in the forefront of a movement to boost voting rights for ex-criminals.udge says ex-cons under supervision have the right to vote Paige St. John An Alameda County judge has ruled that Secretary of State Debra Bowen erred when she told California election officials to forbid some 42,000 former prisoners and other felons from registering to vote.