The US Department of Justice has a complete guide to the questions concerning restoration of felon's voting rights in Florida. To see this guide, click HERE

You may click here to download the “Application for Certificate of Restoration” and contact Charlotte Mullis at (423) 493-5100 ext. 231 to see if you are eligible.

In past years, Texas law specified that citizens convicted of a felony offense were ineligible to vote in the State of Texas until two years after full discharge of their sentence. Effective September 1, 1997, the legislature restored voting rights to felons convicted in Texas once a person fully discharges the felony sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completes a period of probation ordered by any court. See Texas Election Code, 11.002.

Each state has different rules on the rights of convicted felons to vote and on restoration of those rights once it has been lost. Contact your state election board for the most current law.

According to the State of Virginia, if some has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor they may not be allowed to take the RN licensing exam. The question of eligibility to take the RN licensing exam will be determined when the application for licensure is received by the State Board of Nursing. If you wish to discuss this issue, please call the dean of the nursing program. Certain clinical facilities require a criminal history record check with no evidence of connection of a barrier crime.

The Voting Rights Act bans all kinds of racial discrimination in voting. For years, many states had laws on their books that served only to prevent minority citizens from voting. Some of these laws required people to take a reading test or interpret some passage out of the Constitution in order to vote, or required people registering to vote to bring someone already registered who would vouch for their "good character.

No. The Voting Rights Act is a permanent federal law. Moreover, the equal right to vote regardless of race or color is protected by the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which has been part of our law since the end of the Civil War. And in case after case, our courts have held that the right to vote is fundamental. However, some sections of the Voting Rights Act needed to be renewed to remain in effect.

It is only fitting that since you can be prosecuted in Washington for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony in another state, that you can have the right to possess firearms within the State of Washington restored by a Washington court. You could not be prosecuted by the State of Washington. However, federal courts have held only the convicting jurisdiction may restore firearms rights. Thus, you could be prosecuted by the federal government.

Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965, at the height of the civil rights movement in the South, a movement committed to securing equal voting rights for African Americans. The action came immediately after one of the most important events of that movement, a clash between black civil rights marchers and white police in Selma, Alabama. The marchers were starting a 50-mile walk to the state capital, Montgomery, to demand equal rights in voting, when police used violence to disperse them.

Section 5 is a special provision of the statute (42 U.S.C. 1973c) that requires state and local governments in certain parts of the country to get federal approval (known as"preclearance") before implementing any changes they want to make in their voting procedures: anything from moving a polling place to changing district lines in the county.

You can contact us. We encourage anyone with a complaint about voting discrimination to let us know what the problem is, where it is, and how it affects minority voters. There are no special forms to use or procedures to follow--just call us toll-free at (800) 253-3931, or write to us.

Ohio law allows you to register and vote as soon as you are released from prison, even if you are on parole or probation. You are only required to submit an ordinary voter registration form. You cannot vote if you are currently incarcerated for a felony conviction. If you are incarcerated for a lesser crime such as misdemeanor, you still have the right to vote.

All members may vote at the Club's Annual General Meeting on any of the issues scheduled for discussion and decision, including office-bearers for the coming year.

Criminal history (arrests, citations, indictments, summons, etc.) and convictions are evaluated on a case-by-case basis to determine suitability to work in the gaming industry. Depending on the type of arrest, conviction, etc., and other determining factors, it is possible that a convicted felon may work in the gaming industry.

Under Section 2 of the Act the Department may sue in federal court to challenge those practices that it has determined are racially discriminatory. Several lawsuits of this nature are filed every year. The Attorney General also has special administrative powers, under a part of the Act known as Section 5, to prevent the adoption of discriminatory voting practices in certain parts of the country.

The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (often referred to as the "motor voter" law) requires states to make voter registration opportunities available when people apply for or receive services at a variety of government agencies, from driver's license offices to social services agencies and public benefits offices.

Persons who have been convicted of a felony shall not be eligible to apply in Florida until the person's civil rights have been restored. See Rule 2-13.3. A person who is serving a sentence of felony probation, regardless of adjudication of guilt, shall not be eligible to apply until termination of the period of probation. See Rule 2-13.4.

No. There are no restrictions on your purchase of hunting licenses. However, you may or may not be eligible to purchase, possess, transport, or receive a firearm. For more information, see the Michigan State Police publication Michigan Concealed Weapons and Firearm Laws on their web site at http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/firearms.pdf or call your probation or parole officer, or local police department for more information. Yes.

You may contact the Office of Executive Clemency, 2601 Blairstone Road, Bldg C, Room 244, Tallahassee, Fl 32399-2450, Tel: 850.488.2952, Fax: 850.488.0695.

You will be entitled to vote at any Austcorp TOWERS Trust meeting in accordance with the Corporations Act. Austcorp TOWERS, however, do not carry a right to vote in respect of the Stapled Securities or to receive annual reports from Austcorp Property Group.