Mar 27, 2013/01:26 PM

Ex-Felons seek Greater Voting Rights in Virginia | News One

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By Paul Shepard,

Michael Edwards, a community leader in southern Virginia, spent eight years in prison for a marijuana-trafficking conviction in the 1970s.

But he said he feels like he was punished for more than 30 years — the time it took for him to regain his voting rights in Virginia.

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