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Georgia stops voting by felons using broadest reading of law
Rooted in the years after the Civil War, when whites sought to keep blacks from the ballot box
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In this Wednesday, May 22, 2019, photo, Leon Brown stands by his tractor-trailer after making a delivery from a distribution center to the Port of Savannah, in Garden City, Ga. Brown is trusted enough to drive a tractor-trailer inside one of the nation s busiest seaports more than six years after being released from prison. But he's not allowed to vote in Georgia because of a law rooted in the years after the Civil War. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
SAVANNAH — Leon Brown is trusted enough to drive a tractor-trailer inside one of the nation's busiest seaports more than six years after being released from prison. But he's not allowed to vote in Georgia because of a law rooted in the years after the Civil War, when whites sought to keep blacks from the ballot box.
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