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A Tennessee judge has ruled that four people can't be denied their voting rights because their felony offenses bar them from having a gun.
Earlier this year , Tennessee began requiring people with a felony conviction to get their right to bear arms back.
The decision further toughened a strict, complicated system of voting rights restoration that had already been the subject of a federal lawsuit.
The report states that 9% of Tennessee ’s voting age population is disenfranchised because of a felony conviction. That’s even higher for African Americans at more than 21% ..
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