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Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Impact of Felons’ Voting Minimal, MIT Researchers Find by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Mass incarceration disenfran­chises millions in America, especially the economically disadvantaged who make up the majority of those incarcerated. Though the rationale for barring felons from voting is multifaceted, one argument is that a bloc of voting …
Article • June 30, 2022
Floridians Face Prison for Voting from Jail by Tough-on-Crime Republicans Retaliate Against Rights Restoration Efforts by Jenifer Lockwood and Panagioti Tsolkas The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has concluded an eight-month investigation involving the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office’s effort to register voters in the county jail. So …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Disenfranchisement the Old Fashioned Way by Jayson Hawkins A federal district court judge looks at the history and impact of keeping prisoners from the polls by Jayson Hawkins In the aftermath of the 2020 election, legislatures across the nation responded to claims of election fraud by proposing a flurry of …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Incarcerated Felons
CT Substitute Senate Bill No. 753, an Act Concerning the Counting of Incarcerated Individuals for Determining Voting Districts 2021 Substitute Senate Bill No. 753 Public Act No. 21-13 AN ACT CONCERNING THE COUNTING OF CERTAIN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING STATE LEGISLATIVE AND MUNICIPAL VOTING DISTRICTS. Be it enacted …
Publication • 2021
Akron Law Review, OH, the Continuing and Unlawful Exclusion of Qualified Ex-Offenders From Jury Service in Ohio, 2021 Akron Law Review Volume 54 Issue 2 Criminal Justice Reform Issue Article 2 2021 The Continuing and Unlawful Exclusion of Qualified Ex-Offenders from Jury Service in Ohio Jordan Berman Follow this and …
Article • March 28, 2021
Congress Tackles Restoring Voting Rights to Felons, Makes Remarkable Progress by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell  More and more states across the country have been coming around and allowing those with felony records to vote, some even allowing prisoners to vote. Now Congress has jumped on-board, the House of Representatives …
Article • March 7, 2021
Democrat Controlled Legislature Introduces Two Bills to Abolish Oregon’s 164-Year Old Felon Disenfranchisement Law by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “Individuals who commit crimes need to be held accountable, but they should not be stripped of their rights as a citizen,” said Oregon state Senator Floyd Prozanski, chair of the …
Tennessee Conference of NAACP v. Lee, TN, Class Action Complaint, Voting Rights for Former Felons, 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION TENNESSEE CONFERENCE of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of COLORED PEOPLE, on behalf of itself and its members, and …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Florida Spent $1.7 Million, and Counting, to Impede Felon Voting Rights by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida’s legal battle to defend a 2019 law that requires felons to pay all “legal financial obligations” (LFOs) to be eligible to vote has cost taxpayers over $1.7 million, according to state …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Bloomberg Allies Make $20 Million Push to Help Enfranchise 30,000 Florida Ex-Felons by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Deep-pocketed friends and foundations associated with business mogul Michael Bloomberg are planning to spend around $20 million to pay the outstanding fines and court debts of former state felons in Florida, obligations …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Survey of 8,000 Prisoners’ Political Views Finds Surprising Results by David Reutter by David M. Reutter What a politician believes about the impact of restoring the vote to a convicted felon often depends on which side of the aisle they stand on. A common belief amongst politicians is that felons …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Florida’s “Pay-to-Vote” System Struck Down by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court declared portions of Florida’s felon voting system unconstitutional. It issued injunctive relief that orders a new process put in place for indigent persons who owe financial obligations as part of a criminal sentence. …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Federal Judge Keeps Heat on Florida to Implement Amendment 4 Voter Restoration for Ex-Felons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 7, 2020, Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and its GOP-dominated legislature lost another round in their battle to limit a voter-approved amendment to the state constitution providing …
Publication • 2020
Collateral Consequences Resource Center, 50-State Report on Laws Restoring Rights and Opportunities After Arrest or Conviction, 2020 The Many Roads to Reintegration A 50-State Report on Laws Restoring Rights and Opportunities After Arrest or Conviction By Margaret Love & David Schlussel September 2020 • i COLLATE CONSEQU RESOURCE CENTER COLLATERAL …
Publication • 2020
The Sentencing Project, Expanding Voting Rights to All Citizens in the Era of Mass Incarceration, 2020 THE SENTENCING PROJECT Expanding Voting Rights to All Citizens in the Era of Mass Incarceration In order to strengthen democracy and address significant racial disparities, states must pass reforms establishing universal voting for people …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Coalition Fights to Ensure Jailed Voters in Arizona Can Vote by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that jail detainees who are under no voting disability — which essentially means that they have not yet been convicted of a felony and lost their right …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Kentucky Governor’s Executive Order Restores Voting Rights for Felons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear issued an executive order that restored the voting rights of over 140,000 convicted felons. The order was signed just days after Beshear was sworn in in December 2019, and it …
Collateral Consequences: The Crossroads of Punishment, Redemption, and the Effects on Communities, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2019 U . S . C O M M I S S I O N O N C I V I L R I G H T S COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES: The Crossroads of …
Voice of the Ex-Offender v. State of Louisana, LA, Historians' Amicus Brief, Right to Vote for Ex-Offenders, 2018 COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA DOCKET NO. 2017-CA-1141 VOICE OF THE EX-OFFENDER, ET AL., Plaintiffs-Appellants, versus STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL., Defendants-Appellees On Appeal form the 19th Judicial Circuit, …
Thompson v. Alabama, AL, Class Action Complaint, Felon Disenfranchisement, 2016 2. As detailed below, Section 177(b) of the Alabama Constitution, which disenfranchises individuals with convictions of felonies “involving moral turpitude,” is a direct successor to the Alabama’s 1901 racially discriminatory constitutional disenfranchisement provision. It is inextricably tied to Alabama’s long …
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