Category Archives: felon voting

“Florida voters approve Amendment 4 on restoring felons’ voting rights”

November 6, 2018, 7:10 pmfelon votingRick Hasen

Miami Herald: About 1.2 million convicted felons in Florida will automatically have their right to vote restored, thanks to a ballot measure that received about65 percent of the vote Tuesday. At least 60 percent of voters had to approve for… Continue reading

“Florida Has A Chance To Make Civil Rights History In This Election”

November 3, 2018, 3:12 pmfelon votingRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for HuffPost.

“Why letting ex-felons vote probably won’t swing Florida”

November 2, 2018, 3:48 pmfelon votingRick Hasen

Marc Meredith and Michael Morse for Vox.

Orange County, California: “They Want To Register Voters In Jail. The Sheriff Won’t Let Them Inside To Do It.”

October 27, 2018, 1:08 pmfelon votingRick Hasen

HuffPo: In California, people with a felony conviction can vote as long as they aren’t currently incarcerated in state or federal prison, on parole, or in county jail for a parole violation. Otherwise-eligible jail inmates are permitted to vote by… Continue reading

Florida Governor Rick Scott “restored [felon voting] rights to the lowest percentage of blacks, highest percentage of Republicans in 50 years”

October 25, 2018, 12:37 pmfelon votingRick Hasen

Palm Beach Post.

“Florida Voters Have the Chance the Expand the Franchise in 2018”

October 11, 2018, 10:19 amfelon votingRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy at the HLR Blog.

“Episode 150: Giving the Vote Back”

October 5, 2018, 8:29 amfelon votingRick Hasen

No Jargon Podcast: Casting a ballot seems as American as apple pie. But in Florida, one in ten people have had their voting rights taken away because of a criminal conviction. Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy dives into the history of Florida’s… Continue reading

“Will Florida’s Ex-Felons Finally Regain the Right to Vote?”

September 30, 2018, 8:21 amfelon votingRick Hasen

Emily Bazelon for NYT Magazine.

“Koch-funded group supports voting rights for felons in Florida”

September 14, 2018, 9:00 amfelon votingRick Hasen

Tampa Bay Times: A national group with close ties to the Koch Brothers, Freedom Partners, has thrown its support behind Amendment 4 on the Florida ballot — the proposal to restore voting rights to most convicted felons without hearings or… Continue reading

“He Could Be Florida’s First Black Governor – Unless A Jim Crow-Era Law Stops Him”

September 9, 2018, 11:15 amfelon votingRick Hasen

HuffPost: Andrew Gillum, the Democratic mayor of Tallahassee, needs the support of black voters to become Florida’s first black governor. But he faces a major obstacle: A provision of the Florida Constitution with Jim Crow–era roots prevents more than 1.5 … Continue reading

New RestoreYourVote.Org Project from Campaign Legal Center Aims to Help Ex-Felons Learn Their Voting Rights and Register Where Appropriate

August 15, 2018, 7:47 amfelon votingRick Hasen

Big Update: CLC launched https://t.co/INezPYJhd6 to help up to 17 million Americans with past convictions understand their rights & register to vote RIGHT NOW. These laws are confusing but most people with past convictions CAN vote. Help us spread the… Continue reading

“What You Need to Know About Florida’s Voting Rights”

July 24, 2018, 11:23 amfelon votingRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for Shondaland.

Voting Rights Restoration Project in Alabama

July 13, 2018, 9:24 amfelon votingDan Tokaji

Campaign Legal Center and Southern Poverty Law Center announcement on their efforts to re-enfranchise Alabama voters with felony convictions: The Alabama Voting Rights Project will take a simple message across the state: A felony conviction does not permanently take away… Continue reading

“NAACP Sues To Throw Out Connecticut Legislature’s Map Over Prison Gerrymandering”

June 28, 2018, 4:05 pmfelon voting, redistrictingRick Hasen

HuffPo: The NAACP and a handful of voters filed a lawsuit on Thursday to strike down the map for the Connecticut legislature before the 2020 election. The plaintiffs say that lawmakers are unconstitutionally drawing district lines when they count prisoners… Continue reading