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Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Voting
For Years, Errors in Iowa’s Felon List Have Disenfranchised Eligible Voters by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  Iowa’s electronic database of registered voters, I-VOTERS, contains the names of about 69,000 convicted felons who are barred from casting ballots. But in June 2016, Iowa’s Secretary of State found that 2,591 of …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Voting, Class Certification
Class-Action Status Granted in Civil Rights Suit Over Disenfranchised Indiana Jail Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 17, 2018, a federal district court certified a class of Allen County, Indiana jail prisoners who were denied their right to vote in the November 2016 general election. Ian Barnhart …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Editorial: The Case Against Florida’s Amendment 4 on Felon Voting Rights by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Florida leads the nation with over 1 million citizens disenfranchised and unable to vote due to felony convictions. The path to having their voting rights restored is long and difficult, and has been …
Publication • September 18, 2018
HRDC Fact Sheet on Florida Amendment 4, Voting Rights Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS FLORIDA AMENDMENT 4 – HRDC FACT SHEET Not all ex-felons support Amendment 4! This November, Florida citizens will be voting on a very important ballot initiative that will impact nearly 1.5 million …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Lawsuit, Ballot Initiative Seek to Reform Felon Disenfranchisement in Florida by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In 1868, in response to the abolition of slavery following the Civil War (except for prisoners), Florida enshrined in its constitution the permanent disenfranchisement of people convicted of a felony. The deprivation of …
Alabama Pastor and Non-profit Director Fights Capital Murder Charge by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Dothan, Alabama pastor and non-profit director Kenneth Glasgow, 52, has been charged with capital murder in a controversial case where another man with whom he was driving fatally shot a woman who allegedly stole the …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Voting
Prisoners in Kenya and New Zealand, Unlike Counterparts in U.S., Win Right to Vote by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In August 2017, prisoners at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison in Kenya, along with other prisoners in the African nation, were allowed to vote in presidential elections for the first …
Brief • February 1, 2018
Filed under: Voting, Summary Judgment
Hand v. Scott, FL, Order for Summary Judgment, Voting Rights, 2018 Case 4:17-cv-00128-MW-CAS Document 144 Filed 02/01/18 Page 1 of 43 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAMES MICHAEL HAND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 4:17cv128-MW/CAS RICK SCOTT, in his official capacity as Governor of …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Voting, Voting Rights Act
New Zealand Court Decision: Voting Ban Violates Human Rights of Prisoners by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On May 26, 2017, the Court of Appeal of New Zealand issued a decision in the case of Attorney General v. Taylor, which upheld High Court Justice Paul Heath’s July 25, 2015 determination …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Filed under: Voting
Two Federal Courts Find Prison Gerrymandering Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David Reutter Two federal district courts, one in Florida and the other in Rhode Island, have held prison gerrymandering unconstitutional, though one of the orders was overturned on appeal. The rulings are the first of their kind. “This is …
Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Filed under: Voting
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Automatic Disenfranchisement for all Felony Convictions by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a June 30, 2016 opinion, the Iowa Supreme Court held that all felonies were “infamous crimes” under the voter disqualification provision of the state’s constitution. Kelli Jo Griffin was convicted of the class …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Filed under: Voting
First Circuit Allows City to Include Prisoners in Census Counts by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The First Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s order barring the city of Cranston, Rhode Island from counting the 3,433 prisoners held at the Adult Correctional Institution (ACI), located in that …
Brief • June 6, 2017
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Voting
Buroff v. Gladieux, IN, Amended Complaint, Voter Disenfranchisement, 2017 USDC IN/ND case 1:17-cv-00124-TLS-SLC document 18 filed 06/06/17 page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA FORT WAYNE DIVISION DEMETRIUS BUROFF and IAN BARNHART, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. DAVID GLADIEUX, …
Publication • June 6, 2017
Filed under: Voting, Release and Reentry
The Sentencing Project - Collateral Consequences, Testimony of ED Before US Commision on Civil Rights, 2017 Testimony of Marc Mauer Executive Director The Sentencing Project Collateral Consequences: The Crossroads of Punishment, Redemption and the Effects on Communities Before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights May 19, 2017 Thank you for …
Brief • April 27, 2017
Hand v Scott, FL Complaint, Voting Rights, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00128-MW-CAS Document 29 Filed 04/27/17 Page 1 of 82 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAMES MICHAEL HAND, ) JOSEPH JAMES GALASSO, ) HAROLD W. GIRCSIS, JR., ) CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL SMITH, ) WILLIAM BASS, JERMAINE …
Hand v. Scott, FL, Class Action Complaint, Disenfranchised Former Felons, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00128-MW-CAS Document 1 Filed 03/13/17 Page 1 of 77 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAMES MICHAEL HAND, ) JOSEPH JAMES GALASSO, ) HAROLD W. GIRCSIS, JR., ) CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL SMITH, ) …
The Private Prison Primer: Stolen shoes and the Kingman riots by By Beryl Lipton, MuckRock Part 1 - Taking a look inside the black hole of prisoner grievances, and the lessons learned too late During the years it was operated by the private Management and Training Corporation, the “property” grievance was …
6 Million Lost Voters - State-Level Estimates of Felony Disenfranchisement, Sentencing Project, 2016 6 Million Lost Voters: State-Level Estimates of Felony Disenfranchisement, 2016 For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 628-0871 sentencingproject.org twitter.com/sentencingproj facebook.com/thesentencingproject This report was written by Christopher …
Publication • December 1, 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Breaking the Barriers to the Ballot Box - A Campaign to End Felon Disfranchisement, ACLU, 2008 BREAKING BARRIERS TO THE BALLOT BOX Felon Enfranchisement Toolkit Right to Vote: A Campaign to End Felony Disfranchisement www.aclu.org/righttovote Dear Friends, Right to Vote: A Campaign to End Felony Disfranchisement (Right to Vote) is …
Publication • December 1, 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Voting Law Changes in 2012, Brennan Center for Justice, 2012 brennan center for justice Voting L aw Changes in 2012 Wendy R. Weiser and Lawrence Norden Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law about the brennan center for justice The Brennan Center for Justice at New …
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