Publications
Voting After Criminal Conviction
Response to the Report of the 2005 Commission on Federal Election Reform
Response by the Brennan Center and Spencer Overton to the 2005 Carter-Baker commission on federal election reform
Authored by: Wendy R. Weiser, Justin Levitt, Catherine Weiss & Spencer Overton
– 09/19/05
Key Decisions in Felony Disenfranchisement Litigation
List and description of key federal and state cases. Cases range from Supreme Court decisions like Richardson v. Ramirez to state court cases like Fernandez v. Kiner. Thirty-three decision in all are listed and summarized.
Right to Vote Reasearch Toolkit: How to Survey Voting Registration Procedures for People with Felony
As part of our work in the Right to Vote coalition, the Brennan Center has produced the Right to Vote Research Toolkit for surveying local election board procedures with respect to registration of eligible voters with felony convictions.
Eliminating Barriers to Voter Registration for People with Felony Records - Resource Guide on Agency
The Brennan Center together with Community Service Society of New York and Legal Action Center, conducted a successful advocacy campaign to eliminate obstacles to voter registration. This is a description of the strategies used to achieve this important policy change.
Authored by: Jessie Allen and Kele Williams