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IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. STACEY: JUST UNDER 90 DA BEFORE ELECTION DAY. AND TODAY THROUGH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, GOVERNOR REYNOLDS RESTORED THE VOTING RIGHTS OF 40,000 OF IOWANS WITH PAST FELONY CONVICTIONS. EXECUTIVE ORDER 7 ALLOWS MOST FELONS TO VOTE ONCE THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PRISON SENTENC THE ORDER DOES NOT REQUIRE THOSE FELONS TO MAKE FULL FINANCIAL RESTITUTION TO THEIR VICTIMS FIRST. AND IT ALSO DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY RESTORE THE VOTING RIGHTS OF FELONS CONVICTED OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, FETAL HOMICIDE AND SOME SEX OFFENSES. THOSE FELONS WOULD STILL HAVE TO ASK THE GOVERNOR TO HAVE THEIR VOTING RIGHTS RESTORED. RHEYA: GOVERNOR REYNOLDS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE IN AGREEMENT. THIS IS NOT THE LAST STEP. NEW AT 6:00 ����vlog’S CHRIS GOTHNER , IS LIVE AT THE STATEHOUSE WITH WHAT THEY SAY SHOULD COME NEXT. CHRIS: RHEYA, SOME OF WHAT WAS CALLED FOR GOES BEYOND THE REALM OF CRIMINAL JUSTIC >> THE GOVERNOR TOOK A BOLD STEP TODAY. THAT’S GREAT, THAT’S AWESOME. THERE’S STILL A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE. CHRIS PASTOR ROB JOHNSON WAS ONE : OF A NUMBER OF LOCAL LEADERS OF COLOR PRESENT AS GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SIGNED AN ORDER RESTORING VOTING RIGHTS FOR MOST IOWANS CONVICTED OF FELONIES IT’S JUST ONE ISSUE THAT TOOK CENTER STAGE IN THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, BECAUSE THE RESTRICTIONS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED PEOPLE OF COLOR THERE WAS AGREEMENT AMONG ALL HERE, INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR, THAT THIS ISN’T THE LAST STEP. DEMOCRATIC STATE REPRESENTATIVE AKO ABDUL-SAMAD. >> THESE DON’T MEAN ANYTHIN UNLESS WE START HAVING THE REAL CONVERSATIONS AND GET TO T REAL CAUSE OF WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. CHRIS AND JOHNSON SAYS THAT : MEANS TALKING ABOUT ISSUES OF SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY BEYOND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. >> WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH CARE, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY, REFORMING AND REDIRECTING FUNDS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT MAKING SURE WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION BLACK BABIES ARE EDUCATED AT THE , SAME LEVEL AS THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS CHRIS BUT IN TERMS OF JUSTICE : REFORM, I ASKED GOVERNOR REYNOLDS WHAT SHE THINKS LAWMAKERS SHOULD TACKLE NEXT YEAR. SHE SAYS SHE’S GATHERING IDEAS FROM A PANEL SHE’S CONVENED. >> RACIAL PROFILING IS KIND OF THE BIGGEST THING YOUR GROUP IS FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW CHRIS THE GOVERNOR SAYS SHE’S : WAITING TO SEE WHAT IT COMES UP WITH. ONE CONCRETE THING THE GOVERNO SAYS SHE WANTS IS FOR LAWMAKERS TO ENSHRINE THESE RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION RATHER THAN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. IT’S SOMETHING SHE’S PREFERRED ALL ALONG AS A PERMANENT FIX. IN FACT SHE HAD BEEN AGAINST , SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER UNTIL RECENTLY, AND STILL NOTED TODAY, A FUTURE GOVERNOR COULD REVERSE HER ORDER. LIVE AT THE STATEHOUSE, CHRIS GOTHNER, ����vlog 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. RHEY DES MOINES BLACK LIVES MATTER IS HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE TO PUT PRESSURE ON GOVERNOR REYNOLDS TO SIGN AN ORDER RESTORING PH