<Li> 1986: United States Military and Uniformed Services, Merchant Marine, other citizens overseas, living on bases in the United States, abroad, or aboard ship are granted the right to vote by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act . </Li> <Li> 1996 - 2008: twenty - eight US states changed their laws on felon voting rights, mostly to restore rights or to simplify the process of restoration . </Li> <Li> 2006: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was extended for the fourth time by George W. Bush, being the second extension of 25 years . </Li> <Li> 2008: state laws on felony disenfranchisement have since continued to shift, both curtailing and restoring voter rights, sometimes over short periods of time within the same US state . </Li>

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