Ex Felon Voting Ban

The Right to Vote for All

Anthony Papa | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Felony-Disenfranchisement, Voting Problems, Naacp, Voting, Slidepollajax, Voting Restrictions, Voting Rights, Ex Felon Voting Ban, New York News
Anthony Papa

Millions of people convicted of felonies will be barred from voting in the upcoming presidential election. This is a mind-boggling number of people who will be disenfranchised.

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The New Jim Crow: Social Control, Social Death

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Incarceration, Segregation, Child Watch Column, Ex Felon Voting Ban, Voting Rights, Marian Wright Edelman, Child Watch, Criminal, The New, Black, Offender, Jim Crow, Books News
Marian Wright Edelman

As Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow clearly shows, our incarceration policies have evolved into a historically punitive form of social control and social death for people of color.

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Turning Back the Clock in Florida

Erika Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Reform, Rick Scott, Florida Voting, Voting Reform, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Ex Felon Voting Ban, Felon Vote, Politics News
Erika Wood

In less than an hour, Florida Governor Rick Scott denied the right to vote to hundreds of thousands, maybe as many as a million, Florida citizens.

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A Dark Day for Democracy in Iowa

Lee Rowland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Ex Felons Voting Rights, Tom Vilsack, Ex-Felon-Voting-Ban, Terry Branstad, Politics News
Lee Rowland

Terry Branstad has revoked a policy signed in 2005 by former Gov. Vilsack that automatically restored voting rights to individuals with criminal convictions once they had completed their sentences.

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FL Already a Hotbed of Voting Problems

Shawna Vercher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Florida Voting, Voting Problems, Election Day Voting, Voter Suppression, Florida Voting Problems, 2008 Presidential Election, Boca Raton, Voters, 2008 Presidential Race, Ex Felon Voting Ban, Felon Vote, Tampa, Tampa Supervisor of Elections, Absentee Ballots, Voter Fraud, Augusta, On the Ground 2008, Home News
Shawna Vercher

A quick glance at what is currently being reported from across the state: Tampa, FL - Special "Emergency" Ballot Box Created On the Spot All ballots ...

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Millions of Ex-Offenders Did Their Time, But Still Can't Vote

Tara Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Florida, Convicted Felon, Voter Disenfranchisement, Disenfranchised Voters, Voting, Ex Felon Voting Ban, American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama, Florida Ex-Offenders, Black Men Disenfranchisement, Disenfranchisement 2008, Right to Vote, The Sentencing Project, Home News
Tara Graham

America has a long history of depriving entire groups of people the right to vote. Before the Civil Rights Act, black citizens were ridiculed, threate...

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Why 8 Million (or More) African-Americans are Unregistered

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Census, Presidential Elections, Barack Obama, Voter Registration, Voters, Ex Felon Voting Ban, Democrats, African-Americans, Republicans, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

By not voting, the critics say, blacks betray the struggle and sacrifice of those who fought and in some cases died for their rights to vote. This guilt laden reprimand is much too simplistic.

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