http://thestory.org/special-features/when-politics-get-personal/The_Right_To_Vote.mp3 Heather Sticka is preparing to vote for the first time since her release from jail. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/special-features/when-politics-get-personal/The_Right_To_Vote.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/special-features/when-politics-get-personal/The_Right_To_Vote.mp3 <h4>The Right to Vote</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/45071ef18dc389e96651f349060dbb18" alt="Heather Sticka" height="100" width="100" />Heather Sticka</p><p>Heather Sticka voted for the first time in the 1996 presidential election. Then she fell in with the wrong crowd and ended up taking part in a bank robbery. After her conviction, she lost the right to vote. <br /></p><p>Heather hasn't cast a ballot in twelve years. But her home state of Nebraska now allows felons who have completed their sentences to vote. As she tells Dick, her dream of finally feeling that she's a citizen again is about to come true.<br /></p><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:09:39