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SHARPTON'S BROTHER STIRS CONTROVERSY: Pastor Kenneth Glasgow is registering Alabama inmates to vote.
Despite the campaign against him, Pastor Kenneth Glasgow has told local
media, "We're just doing what the Bible says, visiting people in prison and ministering to them."
In an email to Taylor Media Services, Glasgow explained that Alabama's population is 26 percent African American but Blacks constitute 67 percent of the prison population.
He added, "There are 250,000 disenfranchised and 30% are drug offenders … who are eligible to vote in and out of prison." But GOP chairman and State Representative Mike Hubbard has told prison officials that he is concerned that Glasgow's efforts could lead to voter fraud.
Hubbard's letter last week led to Glasgow's campaign being temporarily blocked.
However, Glasgow appears to be operating within the law. Alabama statue only allows the taking away of voting rights from inmates who have been convicted of crimes of "moral turpitude" and most inmates, including those convicted of drug offenses, do not fall into that category.
Glasgow is looking for national support for the efforts of his group - The Ordinary Peoples Society. He has a website at www.wearetops.blogspot.com and can be reached at 334-671-2882. (Source: Taylor Media Services)
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