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By Julie Ebenstein, Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project, ACLU

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Millions of Americans Are Cut Out of Our Democracy

On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder expressed his support for restoring voting rights to citizens who have committed a felony, once they have served their prison term, completed parole or probation, and paid any restitution fines. While the ACLU believes rights should be restored automatically upon release from prison and being too poor to pay fines shouldn't leave you without a voice in our democracy, this is an important step in the right direction.