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Most Police Reform Measures Fail To Gain Traction At Legislature - Honolulu Civil Beat
Most Police Reform Measures Fail To Gain Traction At Legislature
But proposals to ban no-knock warrants and collect data on use of force appear to be moving this session. Reading time: 11 minutes.
As the Legislature reaches the halfway point of the 2021 session later this month, most measures that sought to reform police practices in Hawaii will probably be shelved for another year.
The measures were all introduced in the wake of high-profile police killings and protests nationally led by the Black Lives Matter movement calling for greater police reform. While Hawaii legislators appear ready to move forward on bills to ban “no-knock” warrants and collect data on use of force, most other reform-minded bills appear dead for the 2021 session.
by Tim Gruver, The Center Square | February 25, 2021 08:30 AM Print this article
Oregon ranks among the easiest states to vote in, and state lawmakers want that to be true for everyone behind bars too.
For almost 20 years, the vote-by-mail state continues to see some of the highest voter turnout in the country. In 2020, 78.5% of Oregon voters cast 2.3 million votes or the most in state history. A bill this session would include the state s more than 12,000 prisoners among them.
Sponsored by Sen. Sara Gelser, D-Corvallis, Senate Bill 571 would allow the state s more than 12,000 convicted felons to register to vote, update their voter registration, and vote from prison using their last residential address.