Author: David Smith
Tennessee has sharply restricted the conditions under which it will restore voting rights to people who have completed prison sentences for felonies, joining a growing list of Republican-controlled states that have rolled back access to the ballot by former felons. The state has for years permitted most people with completed felony sentences to restore their voting rights through an administrative process established in 2006 that is ostensibly automatic, but in practice almost unnavigable. Only 3,400 people, or less than 1 percent of all disenfranchised Tennesseans, have had their voting rights restored under the program, said Blair Bowie, the director of…
Joey King shared a glimpse of her Napa Valley bachelorette party ahead of her wedding to Steven Piet. The actress, 23, shared a series of photos showing her trip to Cakebread Cellars in California’s wine region on Saturday, July 23, nearly 18 months after she first got engaged. “OHHHHHHHH S——-T👰🏼♀️🍆,” King captioned the snaps via Instagram. She wore an off-white halter top sundress with a midriff cutout to the vino tasting. The bride-to-be topped off her look with sunglasses and a veil. In another photo, King showed off the cookies that were made especially for her bachelorette bash. The cookie depicted men’s shorts with…