ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Jade Dickey, a convicted felon, says she felt "singled out" when she lost her right to vote.

The Rochester Judicial Process Commission is a voluntary program within the Safer Monroe Area Re-entry Team that helps individuals working to assimilate back into society. Many of the people they serve are out on parole and would fall under the governor's executive order.

"There are many collateral consequences for people coming out of jail or prison or on probation. One of those, for felons, is the loss of voting rights," says Susan Porter who works for the not-for-profit.

"I feel like it's unfair for people that have been in prison or in the county jail and they come out with a felony, they want to get back into working or they want to vote and they just can't," said Dickey.

"If this was your son or daughter, would you want them to be in exile, essentially? Cut off from a basic American right to vote," said Porter.

On Wednesday, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb released the following statement, “Gov. Cuomo’s latest political Hail Mary isn’t merely bad policy, it is a direct circumvention of existing law. Murderers, rapists and abusers, who made a choice to break the law, don’t deserve to vote until their entire sentences are served – including parole."

New York State would join 18 others, including Washington D.C., in allowing parolees to vote.

"For the individuals that I work with, this is a really hopeful sign and a very big step." said Porter.