Oklahoma election officials disagree with ACLU

 
By Tim Talley
Published: September 22, 2008

State law prohibits former felons from registering to vote until the full length of their prescribed sentence has expired — even if they are not in prison and are no longer supervised by the Department of Corrections, the secretary of the state Election Board said Monday. American Civil Liberties Union officials said last week that former Oklahoma felons have the right to register to vote in the upcoming presidentia...

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