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COLUMBIA, SC. - January 21, 2020:
Jay Shealy, 33, formerly incarcerated.
Jay Shealy has never voted because he spent roughly the last 13 years incarcerated. Shealy, whoâs originally from Philadelphia but moved to Columbia with his family, spent two separate âtours,â as he describes it, in the prison system. He was released on Dec. 31.
âI wasn't able to get my voter registration card due to the fact that I was a felon or what not. And I wanted to vote, but I couldn't.â