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29 paź 2020 · The question of who can vote in the US comes down to the difference between prisons and jails. Prisoners, who have been convicted of felonies (more serious crimes) and are typically serving...
23 cze 2021 · Only a fraction of the thousands of formerly incarcerated people whose voting rights were restored in time for the 2020 election made it back on to the voter rolls in four key states — Nevada, Kentucky, Iowa and New Jersey, a Marshall Project analysis found.
30 paź 2020 · As of 2020, an estimated 5.17 million people are disenfranchised due to a felony conviction, a figure that has declined by almost 15 percent since 2016, as states enacted new policies to curtail this practice.
18 wrz 2020 · Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) argued during the 2020 presidential primaries that people should be allowed to vote within prison, and more moderate candidates in the race pushed back. A lot is...
29 paź 2020 · The question of who can vote in the US comes down to the difference between prisons and jails. Prisoners, who have been convicted of felonies (more serious crimes) and are typically serving...
27 lut 2020 · State election rules list four “special circumstances” that allow a voter to request a ballot after that date; being in prison is not among them.
7 maj 2020 · People in prison are banned from voting in all but two states – Maine and Vermont. Alabama and Mississippi allow imprisoned persons with certain felonies to vote. During 2019, lawmakers in at least eight states 36 and Washington DC introduced legislation to expand voting rights to persons in prison. These proposals build on efforts to expand ...
