Ex-prisoners who can vote sought for Wisconsin 2020 election
(World News USA)

MILWAUKEE (AP) - When Quentin Blackburn was sent to prison for his first felony conviction in the 1990s, the consequences were clear: he could no longer vote or possess a firearm. It wasn´t until last month that the 48-year-old Milwaukee man found out his right to vote was restored when he finished serving his most recent sentence seven months earlier. `It´s new news to me,` said Blackburn, who went to prison for drug crimes and now works as a packer in a factory that makes cleaning wipes and other products. `I thought it was pretty much like gun possession. Once you`re stripped from your rights to vote or carry a firearm or whatever it`s for the duration, you know?` Community activists...