Know Your Rights: Voting on Parole
Last updated: October 12, 2022 12:30 pm
Until 2021, Connecticut was the last state to distinguish between voting while on probation and while on parole. In 2021, because of advocacy from formerly incarcerated people and their loved ones, the legislature passed Public Act 21-2, which restored a person’s right to vote while on parole, including special parole. As a result, approximately 4,000 people in Connecticut were reinfranchised.
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