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Restoring Voting Rights After Serving Time In Tennessee

Voting materials organized for the 2018 election at the Hamilton County Election Commission in Chattanooga.
Erin O. Smith / Chattanooga Times Free Press
Voting materials organized for the 2018 election at the Hamilton County Election Commission in Chattanooga.

What does it take to restore the voting rights of a person who has served a sentence for a felony conviction here in Tennessee?

Ellen Gerst is a reporter for The Chattanooga Times Free Press.

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