We need your help to change the law in Minnesota to ensure that all citizens can fully participate in society. You can help us by:
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- Joining our Facebook Page.
- Joining our coalition, if you work at an organization that would like to be part of the Restore the Vote Coalition please contact Anika Bowie, at 651-373-8161 , or missanikabowie@gmail.com.
- Attend an upcoming event.
- Collect action postcards at your organization’s events, then turn in those postcards to us! We will distribute them to the Minnesota Legislature when they are in session in 2017. Rights restoration action postcard.
January 15, 2015 at 10:50 pm
After learning about your coalition from Steve Schweigert, I am pressing for Westminster Presbyterian Church to join the coalition. The Social Justice Committee at the church, I believe, has enlisted while we go through the procedures for the church as a whole to join.
I am glad that Mark Haase will be at Westminster this coming Sunday to talk about the issue and the coalition. I plan to be there,
I am a retired lawyer and adjunct professor of international human rights law at UM Law School. Here is a relevant post on my blog: U.S. Restrictions on Felony Voting Do Not Comply with International Law: http://dwkcommentaries.com/2015/01/11/u-s-restrictions-on-felony-voting-do-not-comply-with-international-law/.
March 7, 2015 at 11:27 pm
Here is my column from yesterday’s Lake County News Chronicle (Two Harbors, MN):
http://www.twoharborsmn.com/opinion/3694201-legal-learning-lake-county-felons-and-right-vote
Jim Manahan
May 26, 2015 at 8:28 pm
Hello- Does this organization know about the website http://www.weareallcriminals.org? I am wondering if there could be some coordination between the two organizations?
July 20, 2015 at 4:28 pm
Yes we do! Thanks for the recommendation.
Jana