Alabama state Gov. Kay Ivey has just passed a bill that will restore voting rights to thousands | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Alabama state Gov. Kay Ivey has just passed a bill that will restore voting rights to thousands of felons. Because the state’s constitution says that voting rights will be withheld from anyone who commits a crime of “moral turpitude”. Since the phrase has never been clearly defined, there has historically been a great deal of confusion…