Disenfranchisement in the News
Commentary
- 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)
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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)