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Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
$15,000 Settlement In Hawaii Voting Rights Suit by By John E. Dannenberg Dwayne Yoshina, Chief Election Officer of the Hawaii Office of Elections and Genevieve Wong, Honolulu City Clerk agreed to pay $15,000 in damages for disenfranchising 44 prisoners at the Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) by their failure to …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Restitution
ACLU-WA Challenges Washington Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement Law by On October 21, 2004, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington brought suit in state court, challenging a law which prohibits Washington ex-felons from voting solely because they owe legal financial obligations" (LFOs) such as court filing fees and costs, restitution and …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Mystified Felons Blamed In Washington Election Challenge by by Michael Rigby A byzantine disenfranchisement scheme has cast a pall over the electoral process in Washington. On November 2, 2004, Democrat Christine Gregoire won the state's gubernatorial race by the narrowest margin in state history--129 votes. Republican challenger Dino Rossi's camp …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
New York's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Not Saved By Federal Voting Rights Act by John E Dannenberg New York's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Not Saved By Federal Voting Rights Act by John E. Dannenberg The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that New York Election Law § 5-106, which disenfranchises [i.e., …
Brief • February 4, 2005
Filed under: Voting
Muntaqim v. Coombe, NY, Amicus Brief - Center for Constitutional Rights, Voting, 2005 01-7260 IN THE United States Court of Appeals FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT ________________________ JALIL ABDUL MUNTAQIM, a/k/a ANTHONY BOTTOM, Plaintiff — Appellant, — v. — PHILLIP COOMBE, ANTHONY ANNUCCI, LOUIS F. MANN, Defendants — Appellees. ______ ON …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Challenge To Washington Felon Disenfranchisement Scheme Remanded For Racial Bias Test by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the broader "totality of the circumstances" standard must be used rather than just a narrower statistical burden when testing for racial bias …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Prison Town Legislators Represent Prisoners' Interests? Not Quite by Peter Wagner On June 7, 2004, talks between the New York State Senate and the Assembly on how to best reform the draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws broke down. Publicly, the dispute is over ideological disagreements, but an obscure Census quirk that …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
Florida's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Under Spotlight by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Since the 2000 presidential election, Florida's voting laws have been under scrutiny. One of the issues being debated is Florida's constitutional provision that permanently disenfranchises felons. When Florida gave blacks the right to vote as a condition …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Alabama Restores Voting Rights to Some Ex-Prisoners by On June 24, 2003, Republican Alabama governor Bob Riley announced he was vetoing the felons' voting bill passed by the state legislature. The bill would have made it easier for certain felons to have their voting rights reinstated. Alabama law imposes a …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Arizona Surcharge on Fines Upheld by Arizona Surcharge On Fines Upheld The Arizona Supreme Court recently upheld A.R.S. 16-954(C) which imposes a 10% surcharge on civil and criminal fines, with a portion of the proceeds to fund political campaigns. Steven May, an Arizona legislator, received a $27 parking ticket but …
Article • September 15, 2003 • from PLN September, 2003
Canadian Supreme Court Grants Prisoners Right to Vote by Lonnie Burton On November 3, 2002, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down a law that barred prisoners serving sentences of two years or more from voting in federal elections. In a sharply divided 5-4 decision, the Canadian high court held …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Florida's Rush to Disenfranchise Felons Before the 2004 Election by David Reutter By David M. Reutter After George W. Bush won Florida by 537 votes in the 2000 election, an uproar arose when it was learned that election supervisors, using a list compiled by an Atlanta firm, had mistakenly identified …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Restoration of Voting Rights in Washington by Julya Hampton by Nancy Talner and Julya Hampton Are you registered to vote for the upcoming Presidential election? Even if you have a prior felony conviction, you may be eligible to register to vote in Washington. This article explains how ex-felons can get …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Prison Labor, Organizing, Voting
Democratic Organization Gives Some Felons Second Chance by America Coming Together (ACT)--a democratic group working to ensure that George W. Bush is not reelected--is employing felons to conduct door-to-door voter registration drives in Missouri, Florida, Ohio, and possibly 14 other states crucial to the November 2004 elections. ACT contends that …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Florida DOC Ordered to Assist Felons Restore Their Voting Rights by David Reutter Florida DOC Ordered to Assist Felons Restore their Voting Rights by David M. Reutter A Florida circuit court has ordered the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to assist ex-felons who did not receive help in the application …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Prisoners, Politics, Money and the Census by Gary Hunter It's a standing joke that the Texas economy has been grounded in the 3 C's: cattle, crude, and convicts. But while Texas gets most of the publicity for its massive prison build-up, the human-warehousing trend is literally sweeping the countrysideand it …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing, Voting
From the Editor by Paul Wright The connection between felon disenfranchisement and mass imprisonment is rarely explored. In this month's cover story we discuss the correlation between the two. In many ways, the more things change the more they remain the same. Today's convicts effectively pad voter numbers when legislative …
Article • September 15, 2002 • from PLN September, 2002
Massachusetts Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Prisoner PAC by The Massachusetts Supreme Court has upheld summary judgment against the Massachusetts Prisoners Association Political Action Committee (MPAPAC). The court also upheld disciplinary sanctions by the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) against MPAPAC cofounder Michael Shea. The ruling largely destroys MPAPAC. Shea, …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Pennsylvania's Released Felons Granted Right to Register to Vote by An intermediate court of appeals in Pennsylvania struck down a voter registration law that prohibited convicted felons from voting for 5 years after their release from prison. Lorenzo Mixon and five present and former prisoners filed a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania …
Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001
Connecticut and Florida Change Felon Disenfranchisement Laws by Connecticut and Florida take different approaches as they address the disenfranchisement of convicted felons. In Connecticut, state lawmakers, after intense debate and much legislative maneuvering, passed a bill that gives back the right to vote to convicted felons on probation. In a …
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