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(AP)- A bill that would allow
inmates of prisons and jails in Or-
egon to vote in elections moved
on Thursday toward a Senate floor
vote with the approval of the judi-
ciary committee, with Republican
members voting against.
The action on the bill in the
Democratic-dominated Oregon
Legislature underscores how blue
states are taking steps to expand
voter access while red states are
moving in the opposite direction.
Only two other states — Maine
and Vermont — and Washington,
D.C., allow convicted people to
vote while still incarcerated, ac-
cording to the National Confer-
ence of State Legislatures.
According to the NCSL, felons
lose their voting rights in 22 states
only while incarcerated and re-
ceive automatic restoration upon
release. Felons in 15 states lose
their voting rights during incarcer-
ation and typically also while on
parole or probation. In 11 states,
felons lose their voting rights in-
definitely for some crimes, require
a governor’s pardon for the rights
to be restored or require additional
waiting periods or actions.
The five members of the Ore-
gon Senate’s judiciary commit-
tee — three Democrats and two
Prison inmate casts his ballot, as prisoners voted two days early in
the Democratic primary, at Correctional Institute 501, in Bayamon,
Puerto Rico, on May 30, 2008.Brennan Linsley / AP file
Republicans — argued for and
against the measure and then vot-
ed along party lines. Sen. Dennis
Linthicum, a Republican from the
southern Oregon town of Klamath
Falls, said some of the prisoners
who would be afforded voting
rights under the measure have
been convicted of murder, assault,
rape and human trafficking.
“All of these categories of felo-
ny convicts, and we’re pretending
that they will be good citizens who
will be able to exercise their right
to vote,” Linthicum said, predict-
ing that votes would be sold for
packs of cigarettes behind bars.
“This isn’t a normal free society
with debate clubs,” he said. “And
so, I think restoration of all these
individuals’ rights after they serve
their time is appropriate — that’s
the way it exists in today’s law.”
Sen. Floyd Prozanski, a Demo-
crat who chairs the committee and
is a prosecutor, said studies show
that individuals who have become
engaged in civic activities in pris-
on are less apt to commit more
crimes after their release.
“What I have come away with
is that we will get better success
by incentivizing individuals, and
what better way to ensure that
people are engaging in the pub-
lic process than by giving them
the right as a citizen of their
state and their country to be able
to vote?” he said. Who prison-
ers vote for might be a surprise,
Prozanski said.
A mock presidential election
was held in the state penitentia-
ry, with former President Donald
Trump winning overwhelming-
ly, said Sen. James Manning, a
Democrat from the university
town of Eugene and a former po-
lice officer. He called the result
“kind of amazing.”
The three-to-two vote in favor
of the bill sends it to the ways and
means committee before a vote
on the Senate floor. If the Senate
passes it, it would go to the House
for consideration.
Statement from the National
Bankers Association on Silicon
Valley Bank and Signature Bank
Today, National Bankers
Association (NBA) President
& CEO Nicole Elam Esq. and
Chairman Robert James II re-
leased the following statement
regarding Silicon Valley Bank
(SVB) and Signature Bank.
“In light of recent industry
events, the National Bankers
Association wants to assure con-
sumers that your money is safe
with minority banks. Minority
depository institutions are very
different from both SVB and
Signature Bank which had high
concentrations in crypto depos-
its and volatile venture capital.
People walk through the parking lot at the Silicon Valley Bank
Minority banks are not exposed
headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., on March 10, 2023. The bank
suffered a run on deposits that led to its collapse. (Justin Sullivan/
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