On Wednesday, congressional Democrats put forth new legislation known as the Inclusive Democracy Act. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and Representative Ayanna Pressley (D – Mass.) introduced the legislation at a Capitol Hill event. Pressley claimed that the bill will "end the stain of felony disenfranchisement in America." Welch claimed that current voting laws are from the "Jim Crow era" and disproportionately affect black Americans and women. …
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