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An estimated 450,000 people in Georgia with past convictions are eligible to vote.
Advocates say they struggle to reach those who are formerly incarcerated.
Georgia has the eighth highest rate of people who cannot vote due to past convictions.
The Sentencing Project estimates 250,000 Georgians cannot vote because of a felony conviction.
The Sentencing Project estimates that over half of the people who can’t vote due to past convictions in Georgia are Black .
Such restrictions on voting rights date back to Jim Crow , after the 13th amendment outlawed slavery except as a punishment for crime.
Organizers feel the weight of this history today as Black people are incarcerated at disproportionately high rates.
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