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Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) have introduced the Democracy Restoration Act. The ACLU’s factsheet breaks down the key features of the legislation:

• Restore voting rights in federal elections to nearly 4 million Americans who have been released from prison and are living in the community.

• Ensure that probationers never lose their right to vote in federal elections.

• Notify people about their right to vote in federal elections when they are leaving prison, sentenced to probation, or convicted of a misdemeanor.

• Create a uniform standard across the country in federal elections.

• Strengthen our democracy by creating a broader and more just base of voter participation.

• Aid law enforcement by encouraging participation in civic life, assisting reintegration, and rebuilding ties to the community.

• Facilitate election administration by streamlining registration issues and eliminating the opportunity for erroneous purges of eligible voters.

• Eliminate the confusion about who is eligible to vote.