For the 35 states that still disenfranchise nearly 4 million people with criminal records who are back in their communities, the Brennan Center for Justice proposes automatic post-incarceration voting rights restoration.

The right to vote is one of our most fundamental rights. In recent weeks, the national news media has focused significant attention on the swath of restrictive voting laws that several states have enacted this year, zeroing in on a particularly alarming statistic: namely, the 5 million eligible voters whose access to the polls has been undermined by these new restrictions on the franchise.