RTV | Selected Press Clips

Let felons vote (LA Times, 10/29/08)

More felons learning - to their surprise - that they can vote (LA Times, Cynthia Dizikes, 10/24/08)

Advocates seek changes in Fla. felon rights system (Miami Herald, Bill Kaczor, 10/23/08)

Albany board short on voting rights (Times Union, Sharon Hong, 10/10/08)

Contrary to popular belief, felons have the right to vote (Democrat and Chronicle, Michael Zeigler, 10/9/08)

A Ballot’s Breadth Away From Rejoining Society (City Limits, Curtis Stephen, 10/6/08)

Push to get released felons to voting booth (San Francisco Chronicle, Dionne Walker and Mike Baker, 10/5/08)

Push to register felons to vote could aid Obama (The Associated Press, Dionne Walker and Mike Baker, 10/4/08)

Not Another Voter Disenfranchisement Movie (Daily Kos, Nicole Kief, 10/2/08)

Restoring the Vote to Former Prisoners (New York Times, Brent Staples, 10/1/08)

Three New Reports Analyze Voting Rights for Convicted Criminals (Blog of Legal Times, Jeff Jeffrey, 10/1/08)

As balloting nears, officials confused about who can vote McClatchy, Greg Gordon, 10/1/08)

For those Behind Bars, A Nudge to the Voting Booth (The Washington Post, Krissah Williams Thompson, 8/13/08)

Washington Examiner Debate on Felony Disenfranchisement-

ACLU Sues Alabama on Ballot Access (NY Times, Adam Nossiter, 7/22/08)

Millions of African Americans will be Disenfranchised on Election Day (Blacknews.com, by Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell, 7/10/08)

Expanding Democracy in Florida (NY Times, by Editorial Steff, 6/30/08)

Ex-felons, homeless are part of state voting process (The Michigan Citizen, by Eric T. Campbell 6/30/08)

Restoring the Vote (The Washington Post, by Editorial Staff 6/24/08) 

Out of Jail, On the Rolls (The Boston Globe, by Editorial Staff 6/24/08) 

Hard Time: State's Prison Rate 2nd Nationally (The Clarion-Ledger (MS), by Jerry Mitchell 6/20/08) 

Letting Ex-Cons Vote (Chicago Tribune Blog, by Steve Chapman 6/18/08) 

New Florida Rules Return More Than 115,000 Ex-Offenders to Voting Rolls (The New York Times, by Damien Cave and Christine Jordan Sexton 6/18/08)

A Matter of Simple Justice (The Roanoke Times, by Editorial Staff 6/18/08) 

Groups Push to Restore VA Felons' Voting Rights (Washington Post, by Tim Craig 6/17/08) 

Why Former Felons Could Decide Florida Election (WPTV, by Eric Glasser 6/16/08) 

In Hot Pursuit of Florida's Newest Voting Bloc: Ex-Felons  (Media General News Service, by Billy House 6/12/08)

Disenfranchised Felons Unfairly Punished Twice (Huffington Post's Off the Bus, by Sonata Lee 6/10/08)

Loss of Suffrage Not Too Severe (The Democrat (MS), by Editorial Staff 6/10/08) 

If Ex-Flons Pay Their Dues to Society, Lets Give Them a Chance to Return to It  (Daily Journal (VA), column by Tamara Dietrich 6/8/08)  

Easing Journey from Prison to Polls (The Virginia Pilot, by Editorial Staff 6/6/08)

Re-Enfranchising Former Felons (Clarksdale Press Register (MS), editorial by Tim Kalich 6/5/08)

Felons Deprived a Voice at Ballot Box in and Out of Prison (The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, by Danza Johnson 6/2/08)

Puerto Rico Inmates Cast Early Ballots for Dem Primary (AP in USA Today, 5/31/08)

Felon Voting Ban Questioned: ACLU Wants Moral Turpitude Crimes Listed (Jake Armstrong, Florida Times-Union 5/29/08)

A Chance to Make History (St. Joe News, by Alonzo Westen 5/28/08) 

Groups Debate Whether Felons Should Regain the Right to Vote  (The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, by Danza Johnson 5/28/07)

Right to Vote? Restoring Citizenship (The Charleston Gazette, by Editorial Staff 5/27/08)

Voting Rights Elusive for Ex-Felons (C-Ville Weekly, by Scott Weaver 5/20/08)

Ex-Convicts Join Ranks of Lobbyists in Albany (Associated Press, by Michael Virtanen 5/20/08)

The More We Imprison, the Less We Vote (Boston Globe, Op-ed by Conor Clarke and Greg Yothers 5/5/08)

What if 5.3 More Americans Could Vote? (Alternet, by Erika Wood 4/21/08)

Teaching Ex-Offenders About Their Voting Rights. (Philadelphia Inquirer, by Kia Gregory 4/19/08)

States Grapple with Felon Voting Rights.  (PBS News Hour, 4/11/08)

Felons’ Voting Requests Pile Up. (Wall Street Journal, by Gary Fields 4/1/08)

Restoring Felons Right to Vote Sensible, Fair (Lexington Herald-Leader, Op-ed by Carl Wicklund 3/25/08)

Charity for None? (Courier-Journal, editorial 3/12/08)

While We’re On the Subject of Change… (El Diario, Op-ed by Glenn Martin 3/11/08)

 


Denying the Right to Vote  (El Diario, editorial 02/22/08)