Rachel Silberstein is reporting at Capitol Confidential Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised April 18, to sign an executive order giving those on parole the right to vote. Under the current law, anyone placed on parole following a felony conviction is barred from casting ballots in New York. People on probation and those who have completed their parole are permitted to vote. “Now how can that be? You did your time. You paid your debt. You’re released, but you still don’t have a right to vote,” said Cuomo at the National Action Network’s annual conference in Manhattan. The order authorizes conditional pardons restoring the voting rights of 35,000 New Yorkers, “without delay.” It is unclear if Cuomo’s move will prompt a legal challenge. Read the full story at Capitol Confidential, a Times Union blog.