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Sep 12, 2008 8:20 am US/Central

Man Who Pleaded Guilty On Drug Charge Gets To Vote

ST. PAUL (AP) ― A man facing prison time on a drug charge has gotten a break from a judge -- so that he can vote.
  
Twenty-four-year-old Javontez Lavel Ross pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing several bags of suspected heroin with intent to sell. But he asked Ramsey County District Judge Margaret Marrinan to postpone his sentencing so he could vote in the Nov. 4 election.
  
Ross, who said he recently moved to the Twin Cities from Chicago, would have been barred from voting if he had been sentenced before Election Day.
  
The judge granted his request, calling the contest a "historic election." She set his sentencing for Nov. 12.
  
Asked which candidate would get his vote for president, Ross said he hadn't decided.
  
People convicted of felonies are banned from voting until they finish their jail or prison time and probation.


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