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N.C. judges listen to challenge over restoring voting rights

by Associated Press
| August 19, 2020 7:03 PM

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for convicted felons urged North Carolina judges on Wednesday to block a state law that keeps felons from voting until their full sentences — not just prison time — are complete, arguing in part that the law is racially discriminatory.

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