Add to ORKGWhether or not convicted felons are able to vote varies greatly from state to state, with northeastern states putting up far fewer obstacles to voting for those that have been convicted compared to southern states. Pippa Holloway looks at the historic roots of disfranchisement for those in prison, arguing that these regional differences are the result of regionally divergent histories of slavery and criminal justice. In the south, conviction generally meant the removal of full citizenship, and punishment rather than rehabilitation, while felons in the northeast tended not to lose their voting rights. She argues that felon disfranchisement today preserves slavery’s racial legacy by producing a class of individuals who are excluded from suffr...
Virginia is one of 12 states in the United States that does not automatically restore the right to v...
As levels of criminal punishment have risen in the United States, more and more citizens have been d...
5.4 million Americans--1 in every 40 voting age adults-- are denied the right to participate in demo...
In Missouri, individuals who have committed a felony offense cannot vote until they have completed t...
The story of American democracy is often told as the steady expansion of voting but history has not ...
State laws disenfranchising felons and ex-felons have existed in many American states since before t...
The right of the franchise is the cornerstone of both democratic expression and American citizenry. ...
In Missouri, individuals who have committed a felony offense cannot vote until they have completed t...
In all but two states, citizens with felony convictions are prohibited from voting either permanentl...
Since the founding of the country, most states in the U.S. have enacted laws disenfranchising convic...
This article explores state felon disenfranchisement laws and proposes a new way for felons to chall...
There is no doubt that participating in election process is a very basic right for citizens living i...
Criminal offenders in the United States typically forfeit voting rights as a collateral consequence ...
There is no doubt that participating in election process is a very basic right for citizens living i...
honors thesisState policies which disenfranchise ex-felons, those who have served their complete sen...
Virginia is one of 12 states in the United States that does not automatically restore the right to v...
As levels of criminal punishment have risen in the United States, more and more citizens have been d...
5.4 million Americans--1 in every 40 voting age adults-- are denied the right to participate in demo...
In Missouri, individuals who have committed a felony offense cannot vote until they have completed t...
The story of American democracy is often told as the steady expansion of voting but history has not ...
State laws disenfranchising felons and ex-felons have existed in many American states since before t...
The right of the franchise is the cornerstone of both democratic expression and American citizenry. ...
In Missouri, individuals who have committed a felony offense cannot vote until they have completed t...
In all but two states, citizens with felony convictions are prohibited from voting either permanentl...
Since the founding of the country, most states in the U.S. have enacted laws disenfranchising convic...
This article explores state felon disenfranchisement laws and proposes a new way for felons to chall...
There is no doubt that participating in election process is a very basic right for citizens living i...
Criminal offenders in the United States typically forfeit voting rights as a collateral consequence ...
There is no doubt that participating in election process is a very basic right for citizens living i...
honors thesisState policies which disenfranchise ex-felons, those who have served their complete sen...
Virginia is one of 12 states in the United States that does not automatically restore the right to v...
As levels of criminal punishment have risen in the United States, more and more citizens have been d...
5.4 million Americans--1 in every 40 voting age adults-- are denied the right to participate in demo...