"Attorney General Eric Holder said the remaining laws in 11 states that restrict felons from voting are outdated, racially unfair and counterproductive. Mr. Holder noted that in Florida, such laws prevent roughly one in 10 people from voting...His remarks were embraced by two Tea Party lawmakers--Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky--who said at the Georgetown event they were trying to protect family values." Devlin Barrett in The Wall Street Journal.
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