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Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Florida Prisoners Type Political Donor Lists by Florida state elections officials are hiring prisoners to type into a computer the names of big-money political donors. Secretary of State Sandra Mortham's office is under orders to make the contributions information available on the internet. Mortham said her office will save tax …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Citizen Anti-Crime Initiatives? How the Gun Lobby Bankrolls the War on Crime by Paul Wright Recent years have seen a plethora of so called anti-crime initiatives placed on various state ballots, the most famous being the "Three Strikes You're Out" type laws. These initiatives purport to be efforts by state …
Article • January 15, 1996 • from PLN January, 1996
Voting Rights Case Reinstated by In the July, 1994, issue of PLN we reported Baker v. Cuomo, 842 F. Supp. 718 (SD NY 1993), where a district court in New York sua sponte dismissed a lawsuit filed by black and Hispanic prisoners under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that state …
Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995
WA Prisoners Help Elect Republican by Paul Wright By Paul Wright From 1981 to 1993 Jack Metcalf held office in the Washington state Senate. In 1994 he was elected on the Republican ticket to represent Washingtons second congressional district. This is a story about prison slave labor, opportunism and hypocrisy …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Prisoners Denied Right to Vote by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In the May, 1994, issue of PLN we ran an article, "Giving Cons and Ex-Cons The Right to Vote" which outlined a litigation strategy to obtain just such a right. Nine New York state prisoners at the Green Haven …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Lifers Vote in General Election by The Lifers' Group, Inc. of Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk, succeeded in providing all of the nearly 1,300 prisoners there the opportunity to register and vote in the 1993 November General Election. The group's leaders presented a petition to the Norfolk Town Clerk with …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Giving Cons and Ex-Cons the Vote by Andrew Shapiro By Andrew Shapiro During Congress's annual open season on criminals, few lawmakers are eager to defend the rights of the accused, let alone the convicted. So it was particularly refreshing this year to see a proposal in an alternative crime bill …
Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993
The Black Political Voice by Gerald D Fuller by Gerald D. Fuller Maryland's disenfranchisement statute has its roots in the federal constitution. The state would have its citizens believe that Maryland's election laws which govern disenfranchisement are fair and impartial and are not discriminatory where blacks are concerned. It is …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Bill Clinton's Blood Sacrifice by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Recently the media has been awash in allegations by Gennifer Flowers, a nightclub singer, that she had carried on a 12 year love affair with Democratic Party presidential candidate Bill Clinton. Clinton and his wife have both appeared on TV …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Voting
On the Upcoming Presidential Elections by Ed Mead During the next several months the mass media will be pulling the wool over the eyes of working people in America. They will be doing this by using Gulf War type saturation coverage of the elections. In many ways it is all …
Article • November 15, 1991 • from PLN November, 1991
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Universal Suffrage: Give Us A Voice! by Tom Sparks Universal Suffrage was originally created to provide assistance to those convicted in the American justice system in the defense of those constitutional rights that are supposed to exist, and in regaining those rights that have been unjustly lost. Our intention is …
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Jeff Manza Locked Out Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy 2006 Felon Disenfranchisement and Democracy in the Late Jim Crow Era Gabriel J. Chin * JEFF MANZA & CHRISTOPHER UGGEN, LOCKED OUT: FELON DISENFRANCHISEMENT AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY (Oxford University Press 2006) I. INTRODUCTION When the history of American felon disenfranchisement is …
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Uggen Study on Political Aspects of Felon Disenfranchisement 2002 FELON DISENFRANCHISEMENT 777 Democratic Contraction? Political Consequences of Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States Christopher Uggen University of Minnesota Jeff Manza Northwestern University Universal suffrage is a cornerstone of democratic governance. As levels of criminal punishment have risen in the United …
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2005 Sentencing Project Report on Voting Laws 514 10TH S TREET NW, S UITE 1000 WASHINGTON, DC 20004 TEL: 202.628.0871 • FAX: 202.628.1091 S TAFF@S ENTENCINGPROJECT.ORG WWW.S ENTENCINGPROJECT.ORG A ‘Crazy-Quilt’ of Tiny Pieces: State and Local Administration of American Criminal Disenfranchisement Law By Alec Ewald Department of Political Science, Union …
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Toward a More Elaborate Typology of Environmental Values Liberalizing Criminal Disenfranchisement Laws and Policies 2007 BRISMAN_FINAL_MACRO.DOC 5/23/2007 11:54:11 AM Toward a More Elaborate Typology of Environmental Values: Liberalizing Criminal Disenfranchisement Laws and Policies1 © Avi Brisman* “You cannot separate environment from empowerment. Toxic waste dumps are put in communities where …
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Expanding the Vote State Felony Disenfranchisement Reform 1997-2008 Sentencing Project 2008.pdf Expanding the Vote State Felony Disenfranchisement Reform, 1997-2008 Ryan S. King September 2008 For further information: The Sentencing Project 514 Tenth St. NW Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 The Sentencing Project is a national non-profit organization engaged in research …
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Hrdc Friedman Letter Tn Felon Disenfranchisement Jan 2013 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER Dedicated to Protecting Human Rights www.prisonlegalnews.org afriedmann@prisonlegalnews.org Please Reply to Tennessee Office: Direct Dial: 615-495-6568 5331 Mt. View Rd. #130 Antioch, TN 37013 January 28, 2013 SENT VIA EMAIL ONLY Gregory Grisham Jackson Lewis LLP 999 Shady Grove …
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Va Voting Restoration Info, 2005 VA1 OCTOBER 9, 2005 VIRGINIA I. Automatic Restoration of Rights: N/A Person convicted of felony loses right to vote and serve on jury. Va. Const. art. II, § 1; Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-338 (2). Right to vote regained only by action of the governor, …
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Rhode Island Family Life Center- Political Punishment, Consequences of Felon Disenfranchisement SPECIAL REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF INCARCERATION AND REENTRY from the Rhode Island Family Life Center By Nina Keough & Marshall Clement 841 Broad Street Providence Rhode Island 02907 phone 401.781.5808 fax 401.781.5361 www.ri-familylifecenter.org POLITICAL PUNISHMENT The Consequences of …
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VRA Law Review Article HANDELSMANCHANGESENTEREDAFTERBP 2/24/2005 5:49 PM GIVING THE BARKING DOG A BITE: CHALLENGING FELON DISENFRANCHISEMENT UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 Lauren Handelsman* INTRODUCTION Felon disenfranchisement—the practice of denying the right to vote to currently incarcerated felons, those serving terms of probation or parole, and former felons—prevents …
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