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Tennessee Black Lives Matter Activist Gets 6 Years in Prison for “Illegal Voting”

HeadlineFeb 07, 2022

In other voting news, Pamela Moses, a Black activist from Tennessee, was sentenced to six years in prison last week for trying to register to vote, not knowing she was ineligible due to a felony conviction. Officials erroneously told Moses that her voting rights had been restored. Her lawyer is appealing the case. Moses is the founder of Black Lives Matter Memphis and a former mayoral candidate.

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