Regaining the Vote: An Assessment of Activity Relating to Felon Disenfranchisment Laws
- ISBN-10
- 0756715067
- ISBN-13
- 9780756715069
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Authors
- Marc Mauer, Patricia E. Allard
Description
Two reports on the issue of felony disenfranchisement. The 1st report provides an update on the legal, legislative, and community initiatives undertaken to restore or preserve felons1 and ex-felons1 voting rights, as well as those initiatives that seek to limit or ban voting rights. Also examines the often confusing and cumbersome restoration procedures in several states. The 2nd report, 3Losing the Vote: The Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the U.S.,2 includes the first 50-state survey of the impact of U.S. criminal disenfranchisement laws. No other democratic country in the world denies as many people -- in absolute or proportional terms -- the right to vote because of felony convictions.
