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Voting Rights

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Voting Rights for Felons
http://www.pfm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Justice
Source: Prison Fellowship

An article by John Graff, published on the Christian Prison Fellowship website, which supports the view that people convicted of certain felonies should retain the civil right vote.
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The PBS Kids Democracy Project -- Why Vote? A Public Awareness Campaign
http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/educators/whyvot
Source: PBS

This website offers teacher's activities to have students do in order to gain an understanding of the importance of voting.
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Voting Rights
http://www.aaldef.org/voting.html
Source: Asian American Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)

This article describes the historical participation of Asian Americans in civic roles including voting as well as more current issues such as barriers to the exercise of voting rights.
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Elections Reform & Voting Rights
http://www.naacp.org/programs/vote/vote_rights.htm
Source: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The NAACP outlines plans to make sure that voting is accessible to everyone. Topics include access to voting, protecting current voters, and holding officials accountable. Also included are links to other pages covering a broad range of issues relating to voting, instructions on how people can get involved, and a form for complaining about problems encountered in voting.
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Register to Vote
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/register.aspx
Source: Washington Secretary of State

Guidelines and instructions for registering to vote in the State of Washington and registration forms in several languages.
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