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H.B. 718 Ex-felony Voting Rights
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#OnThisDay in 1983, the 68th Texas legislature passed HB718, which abolished the life-time voting ban on ex-felons, but included a 5-yr waiting period before ex-felons would become eligible to vote.
On Sept 1, 1997, the 75th Texas legislature passed HB1001 eliminated the 5-yr waiting period.
Learn more:
-- TSLL: https://guides.sll.texas.gov/reentry-resources/voting
-- 75th #TXLege Summary: https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/Sessionoverviews/summary/75soe.pdf#page=114 (pg. 114)
-- 68th #TXLege Summary: https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/sessionOverviews/summary/soe68.pdf#page=82 (pg. 77)
-- HB1001 Text: https://lrl.texas.gov/LASDOCS/75R/HB1001/HB1001_75R.pdf
-- HB718 Text: https://lrl.texas.gov/LASDOCS/68R/HB718/HB718_68R.pdf#page=23 (pg. 23)
-- HB718 Election Law Opinion: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/elo/jwf20.pdf
-- JSTOR: https://www.jstor.org/stable/29768353?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents (pg. 82)
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