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Senate committee advances bill to restore voting rights for Lene Cummings
Summary
Sen. Turner Ford described Senate Bill 3394 to restore voting rights to Lene Cummings, noting her 1997 false-pretense conviction, that she has been out of trouble for roughly 30 years and that MDOC records show contacts ending in 2000 though a dismissal certificate was not located.
Senator Turner Ford presented Senate Bill 3394 seeking to restore voting rights to Lene Cummings, saying she was convicted of false pretense on July 18, 1997 and subsequently cashed a $500 document at a grocery store. "It's been almost 30 years. She's 70. She has not been in any more trouble since," Turner Ford told the committee.
Turner Ford said committee staff requested a certificate of dismissal from MDOC but that the document was not located; MDOC records on file indicate the matter with the department ended in 2000. The chair then called a motion and advanced the bill by voice vote; the committee recorded "the ayes have it." No roll-call tally or amendment text was provided in the hearing record.
