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Election '08: The Can't Voters

By Tom Namako

Philadelphia City Paper | October 30, 2008

Millions of people who will be greatly affected by the outcome of next week's election, but won't be able to cast a vote in it. And yet, some of these same people -- those who don't meet citizenship requirements, the incarcerated and the underaged -- are more invested in the political process than many eligible Americans.

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Tags: Immigration, prison, 2008 presidential election, citizenship, voting rights, crime & justice, disenfranchisement

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