Former convicts continue advocating for voting rights.

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By: John Thomas

Robert Stewart hasn’t been able to vote since 2006, a right he lost because there’s a felony on his record.

But for the past several years, the third-year sociology graduate student has been fighting to regain his voting rights.

“It’s encouraged me to be involved,” he said, “because I have no other way to be involved in the political process, other than through advocacy.”

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