Felons Learn How To Vote Through County Program
Portland, OR October 23, 2008 4:51 p.m.
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10-23-2008
With November 4th fast approaching, Multnomah county workers are busy with various get out the vote efforts. Thursday, the county's Londer Center ran voting preparation workshops for people on parole. Becca Bartleson reports.
About 50 people gathered in downtown Portland for two workshops on how to correctly fill out a ballot.
Many were felons on parole, others are on probation. For most this is their first time ever voting.
The Center partnered with the League of Women Voters to offer a series of voter ed classes over the past week.
The most recent classes gave voters a chance to fill out either their real ballot, or a mock ballot, and ask questions.
Fifty-year-old Lloyd Wesley Allen Jr. says this is only the second time he’s ever voted.
Allen Jr.: "It’s important, especially for felons, to take advantage of this year to vote when we couldn’t vote before. Now we can vote so I think it’s particularly important to voice your opinion on voting today."
In some states felons are stripped of their voting rights, but in Oregon they may vote after their release.
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