Category Archives: felon voting
Florida: “24 Years Ago She Lost Her Voting Rights For Pushing A Cop. She Just Got Them Back.”
Sam Levine for HuffPo:
There are more than 10,000 people waiting to have their voting rights restored in Florida, but the clemency board meets only four times a year to restore voting rights (some cases are resolved without a hearing).… Continue reading
“Texas woman sentenced five years in prison for voting while on probation”
CBS News:
A Texas woman plans to challenge a judge’s decision to deny her a new trial after sentencing her to five years in prison for voter fraud. Crystal Mason was convicted in March of voting illegally in the 2016… Continue reading
Indiana: “Judge says suit against sheriff can go forward; Claims Gladieux wouldn’t allow jail inmates to vote”
Indiana Suit Over Pre-trial Detainees Denied the Right to Vote Certified as Class Action
This may be the first class action suit by detainees seeking money damages for loss of the right to vote certified for class status.
Here’s an earlier story in Indiana Lawyer:
Lawyers for inmates of the Allen County Jail and… Continue reading
“They Served Their Time. Now They’re Fighting for Other Ex-Felons to Vote.”
Florida: “Appeals court delays changes in felon voting-rights system”
Orlando Sentinel:
Florida’s system of restoring voting rights to ex-felons remains intact, for now at least, after a federal appeals court Wednesday night delayed a judge’s ruling issued in February that had struck down the system.
The decision from the… Continue reading
NY: “Cuomo Plans to Restore Voting Rights to Paroled Felons”
NYT:
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Wednesday that he intends to restore voting rights to felons on parole, a move that could open the ballot box to more than 35,000 people.
The mechanism through which Mr. Cuomo plans to… Continue reading
“Alabama elections chief calls losing the right to vote a ‘minor disability’”
Kira Lerner for Think Progress.
George Will column: “There’s no good reason to stop felons from voting”
Will at WaPo:
What compelling government interest is served by felon disenfranchisement? Enhanced public safety? How? Is it to fine-tune the quality of the electorate? This is not a legitimate government objective for elected officials to pursue. A felony conviction… Continue reading
Florida: “Gov. Scott appeals judge’s ruling on voting rights for felons”
Tampa Bay Times:
Gov. Rick Scott is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that he must come up with a new way to restore voting rights to felons.
“People elected by Floridians should determine Florida’s clemency rules for convicted criminals, not… Continue reading
“Judge Walker orders Florida Executive Clemency Board to establish new voting rights restoration process”
FELN:
U.S. District Court Judge Mark Walker issued a permanent injunction today that requires Florida’s Executive Clemency Board to establish a new voting rights restoration process for former felons by April 26. While the Court did not order the automatic… Continue reading
“Mortality, Incarceration, and African American Disenfranchisement in the Contemporary United States”
David Cottrell, Michael C. Herron, Javier M. Rodriguez, and Daniel A. Smith have written this article for American Politics Research. Here is the abstract:
On account of poor living conditions, African Americans in the United States experience disproportionately high rates… Continue reading
“Movement in the Fight for Voting Rights Restoration”
Miles Rapoport for TAP.