A bipartisan bill in Tennessee allows residents convicted of felonies to apply for voting rights without restoring their gun rights. The bill, introduced by Democratic Rep. Antonio Parkinson and Republican Sen. Paul Bailey, aims to untangle the two rights and has cleared early hurdles. However, it still faces GOP skepticism as it advances in the late session. The proposal seeks to undo restrictions established in July, which required felons to have their full citizenship rights restored by a judge or show a pardon before applying for reinstated voting rights. The elections office confirmed in January that voting rights restoration would also require regaining gun rights.
Tennessee residents convicted of felonies can apply to vote again without restoring their gun rights under a bipartisan bill that faces some GOP skepticism as it advances late this session. The effort by Democratic Rep. Antonio Parkinson and Republican Sen. Paul Bailey to untangle the two rights has cleared early hurdles but several remain in the annual session’s expected final weeks.
The proposal seeks to undo restrictions established in July, when election officials interpreted a state Supreme Court ruling as requiring people convicted of felonies to get their full citizenship rights restored by a judge, or show they were pardoned, before they can apply for reinstated voting rights. In January, the elections office confirmed that voting rights restoration would also require getting back gun right
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