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Erika Wood and Fortune Society's Glenn Martin talk about Brennan Center's new report, Jim Crow in New York.
A law enacted nearly 140 years ago -- intended to disenfranchise African-Americans -- is still in effect here today in New York.
More than 108,000 New Yorkers cannot vote because of a conviction in their past. Almost half of these disenfranchised citizens have completed their prison sentence and are living and working in the community.
A call to Governor Tim Kaine to use the last few days in his tenure to restore to a huge number of citizens their right to vote.
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Erika Wood, Deputy Director, Brennan Center for Justice