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Some Who’ve Spent Time Behind Bars in Pennsylvania Are Eligible to Vote, and a Group Is Spreading the Word

By Tom MacDonald | WHYY
Published October 16, 2022 at 12:25 AM EDT
Advocates speak about an effort they've launched to expand registration within prisons for qualified voters outside of Philadelphia City Hall on Oct. 11, 2022.
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Advocates speak about an effort they've launched to expand registration within prisons for qualified voters outside of Philadelphia City Hall on Oct. 11, 2022.

An effort is underway in Pennsylvania to get all qualified voters a ballot this time around. WHYY's Tom MacDonald reports that even includes some men and women who are incarcerated.

(Original air-date: 10/14/22)
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Tom MacDonald | WHYY
WHYY reporter Tom MacDonald is a lifelong Philadelphia-area resident who has worked in the region since the mid-1980s. Tom started in commercial radio covering the MOVE standoff with police for WFIL-AM. He was also City Hall Bureau Chief, covering government and politics for more than a decade, for WWDB-FM.
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