A House Democrat amended Republican-backed legislation designed to purge voter rolls to restore voting rights to military veterans.
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today February 8, 2023 Longtime state Rep. Tommy Reynolds, a Democrat from Water Valley, successfully amended Republican-backed legislation designed to purge voter rolls to restore suffrage to military veterans who had lost their right to vote because of felony convictions. Reynolds has in previous years filed bills to restore the right to vote to veterans who had been convicted of felonies. Those bills were never considered in committee.
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