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Publication • February 12, 2016
Filed under: Voting, Voting Rights Act
21. Violations of Article 25 - On issues related to the right to vote and participate in public affairs, ICCPR Coalition Report Violations of Article 25: A response to the U.S. Second and Third Periodic Report and to CCPR/C/USA/Q/3 On issues related to the right to vote and participate in …
Publication • February 10, 2016
Voting Guide for Ex Felons, Advancement Project, 2002 SEPTEMBER 2002 RE-ENFRANCHISEMENT! A GUIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS IN STATES THAT PERMANENTLY DISENFRANCHISE FORMER FELONS In 1962 Fannie Lou Hamer tried to register to vote. She was fired the same day, after working on the plantation for 18 years; …
Publication • February 10, 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Regaining the Vote Felon Disenfranchisement Laws, Allard Mauer, 2000 REGAINING THE VOTE: AN ASSESSMENT OF ACTIVITY RELATING TO FELON DISENFRANCHISEMENT LAWS Patricia Allard Marc Mauer January 2000 2 REGAINING THE VOTE: AN ASSESSMENT OF ACTIVITY RELATING TO FELON DISENFRANCHISEMENT LAWS OVERVIEW Since the founding of the country, most states in …
Publication • February 8, 2016
Tennessee Felon Disenfranchisement Report to U.S. Comm'n on Human Rights, 2014
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Voting, International
European Human Rights Court Finds UK Prisoners Wrongfully Denied Vote by Derek Gilna In August 2014, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France ruled against the United Kingdom and in favor of UK prisoners who were denied the right to vote in the 2009 European elections. The …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
California: Ex-Prisoners on Community Supervision Secure Major Voting Rights Victory by Lonnie Burton California: Ex-Prisoners on Community Supervision Secure Major Voting Rights Victory by Lonnie Burton Tens of thousands of convicted felons in California will have their voting rights restored after Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced he will not …
Article • June 30, 2015
Filed under: Voting
Indiana Supreme Court Defines “Infamous Crime,” Holds Convicts Can Be Disenfranchised During Incarceration by David Reutter Indiana Supreme Court Defines “Infamous Crime,” Holds Convicts Can Be Disenfranchised During Incarceration by David Reutter In answering a certified question from a federal district court, the Indiana Supreme Court departed from established precedent …
Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson In 2012, 6.98 million Americans were under some form of correctional supervision, with 2.2 million in prison or jail and another 4.8 million on probation or parole, according …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Deferred Sentence Completion Automatically Restores Civil Rights in New Mexico by Mark Wilson Deferred Sentence Completion Automatically Restores Civil Rights in New Mexico by Mark Wilson n May 1, 2014, the New Mexico Supreme Court held that satisfaction of the conditions of a deferred sentence fully restores a defendant’s civil …
Article • November 8, 2014 • from PLN November, 2014
Norris Henderson: A Profile of Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform by Gary Hunter Norris Henderson: A Profile of Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform by Gary Hunter In 1977, Norris Henderson arrived at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, more commonly known, then and now, as just Angola. With the weight …
Publication • October 31, 2014
Filed under: Voting, HRDC Publications
Letter to USCCR re felon voting rights in Tennessee 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 …
Publication • October 30, 2014
Letter to President Obama, Ban the Box Executive Order and Pell Grant Restoration, 2014 October 30, 2014 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C., 20500 Dear Mr. President, As a national coalition of formerly incarcerated people and their families, we write to urge you to …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Voting
Volunteers Help Prisoners Vote at D.C. Jail by Volunteers Help Prisoners Vote at D.C. Jail For most prisoners in jail awaiting trial, voting is an afterthought. But volunteers at the District of Columbia jail manned the polls for the first two days of early voting in October 2012 and instructed …
Article • June 6, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: Voting, Statistics/Trends
5.85 Million People Disenfranchised in Supposedly Democratic America by David Reutter 5.85 Million People Disenfranchised in Supposedly Democratic America by David M. Reutter The United States is billed as the world’s largest and greatest democracy. However, it is also “one of the world’s strictest nations when it comes to denying …
Publication • June 1, 2014
Filed under: Voting
U.S. Commission on Human Rights - Report on Felon Disenfranchisement in Tennesse, 2014 The Right to Vote and Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement in Tennessee A Report of the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights June 2014 Letter of Transmittal Tennessee Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil …
Publication • June 1, 2014
Florida Felon Disenfranchisement Report to U.S. Comm'n on Human Rights, 2014
Brief • May 7, 2014
Filed under: Voting, State Legislation
Scott v. Bowen, CA, Writ of Mandamus, Right to Vote, 2014 1 2 3 4 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA 7 8 9 10 11 12 MICHAEL SCOTT, et al, Case No. RG14-712570 Plaintiffs, ORDER (1) GRANTING PETITION OF …
Brief • February 19, 2014
Filed under: Voting, Census
Davidson v. City of Cranston, RI, Complaint, Prisoners in Census Redistricting Scheme, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-00091-L-LDA Document 1 Filed 02/19/14 Page 1 of 9 PageID #: 1 ,.···-·Ftl E ED """'FtL 0 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLANftl~ fEB I q A 10: 25 Karen …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Iowa Voting Rights Restoration Process Becomes Slightly Less Onerous by Iowa is one of the toughest states in the nation for disenfranchised felons who want to obtain reinstatement of their voting rights, a review by the Associated Press found. When Republican Governor Terry Branstad took office in 2011, he reversed …
Article • August 15, 2013
Massachusetts Incarcerated Felon Disenfranchisement Constitutional; Voting Rights Act Claim Survives by A federal court in Massachusetts held that retroactive state constitutional and statutory amendments disenfranchising incarcerated felons do not violate the federal ex post facto or equal protection clauses. It found, however, that Plaintiffs stated a viable Voting Rights Act …
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