Analysis & Commentary
Voting After Criminal Conviction
New York Training Materials on Voting Rights and Voter Registration Procedures
Voter education materials for New Yorkers with Criminal Convictions.
– 04/11/06
“Have You Been Convicted of a Felony?” New York Voting Rights Poster
Poster, published by the Brennan Center for Justice, outlining the voting rights for persons convicted of a felony.
– 04/11/06
Fact Sheet on Discriminatory History of Florida’s Felony Disenfranchisement Law
History of Floridas Felony Disenfranchisement Provision.
– 03/31/06
Florida Fact Sheet on Bias in the Criminal Justice System
Because of institutional bias in the criminal justice system, blacks are more likely to be arrested, charged, and convicted, and they are sentenced more harshly than others. Florida’s ban on voting by people with felony convictions imports this bias from the criminal justice system into the electoral system. Even without counting those who are still serving criminal sentences, one in ten voting-age blacks in Florida has lost the right to cast a ballot.
– 01/19/06
Let Florida Felons Vote
– 02/14/05