New Orleans voters on Saturday overwhelmingly agreed to take a symbolic stand against job discrimination for people with felony convictions.

A measure to change the city's charter to bar local laws that discriminate against people with felonies passed with 75% of the vote, with all 349 precincts reporting.

The City Council agreed in April to put the measure on the ballot after District E City Councilmember Oliver Thomas sponsored it. Thomas, who lost his bid for mayor Saturday, pleaded guilty in 2007 to federal corruption charges and served a three-year prison stint.

The measure, which was supported by a chorus of formerly incarcerated people, local activists and council members, states that "no law shall arbitrarily and unreasonably discriminate against a person based on conviction h

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