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Civil rights lawyer Reggie Mitchell is a man on a mission. Mitchell is the leader of a group of activists who are trying to register thousands of eligible felons. Although the presidential campaigns of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have created major registration efforts, neither has designated anyone to go after former offenders who [...]

Civil rights lawyer Reggie Mitchell is a man on a mission. Mitchell is the leader of a group of activists who are trying to register thousands of eligible felons.

Although the presidential campaigns of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have created major registration efforts, neither has designated anyone to go after former offenders who have been unfairly disenfranchised for decades.

Mitchell, an Obama supporter, has created an “Ex-Felon Targets” database to search for potential voters and calls getting voter-registration cards to them a “passionate hobby”.

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