Today is the day for in-person voting for the open primary. Since making ranked choice voting the law a couple years ago, we have these open primaries where you vote for one name out of the list and the top 4 advance to the general (the general election is ranked choice). I asked a lady if she had voted yet and she didn’t know if she could, as she had been previously been convicted of a felony and served her time. Sad to say I didn’t know our State laws concerning that issue so I had to look it up! Alaska is one of the states that automatically reinstates someone’s right to vote after serving prison, (parole and/or probation completed), if unconditionally released. One must simply register to vote again. So we both got educated today!
Do you know your State’s laws about voting and felony convictions? How do you feel about it?
And…
Did you vote today?
Alaska on my mind... 