- 1 in 40 US adults cannot vote due to a felony conviction. Among African Americans, that number is 1 in 13. In Florida, Kentucky, and Virginia, it's 1 in 5. http://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/fd_state_level_estimates_of_felon_disen_2010.pdf 972 comments politics
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- Ted Cruz cited this research when he said most violent criminals are Democrats. Now the researchers say he’s wrong. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/12/02/ted-cruz-cited-this-research-when-he-said-most-violent-criminals-are-democrats-now-the-researchers-say-hes-wrong/ 1392 comments
- How decades of criminal records hold back towns like Ferguson - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/20/how-decades-of-criminal-records-hold-back-towns-like-ferguson/?tid=socialss 72 comments
- Felon voting rights have a bigger impact on elections than voter ID laws | Harry J Enten | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/31/felon-voting-rights-impact-on-elections 59 comments
- Opinion | Voting Rights: Former Felons - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/opinion/sunday/voting-rights-former-felons.html?ref=todayspaper 43 comments
- Police Killings Surpass the Worst Years of Lynching, Capital Punishment, and a Movement Responds | HuffPost Latest News https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-killings-lynchings-capital-punishment_b_8462778 17 comments
- How felon voting policies restrict the black vote - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/02/12/how-felon-voting-policies-restrict-the-black-vote/ 16 comments
- Felon Voting Laws Disenfranchise 5.85 Million Americans With Criminal Records: The Sentencing Project | HuffPost Latest News http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/felon-voting-laws-disenfranchise-sentencing-project_n_1665860.html 14 comments
- How Jeb Bush Enlisted in Florida’s War on Black Voters – Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/10/jeb-bush-florida-felon-voting-rights-clemency 13 comments
- In 22 States, a Wave of New Voting Restrictions Threatens to Shift Outcomes in Tight Races - The American Prospect http://prospect.org/article/22-states-wave-new-voting-restrictions-threatens-shift-outcomes-tight-races 13 comments
- On His Way Out, Kentucky Governor Restores Voting Rights for 140,000 People – Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/11/kentucky-governor-voting-rights 12 comments
- America's most disenfranchised population? | Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2012/10/25/americas_most_disenfranchised_population/ 11 comments
- 'Black Lives Matter': 1 Million African American Voters Are 'Missing' Due to Racial Disparities in Mortality Rate - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/a-million-missing-black-voters/392972/?google_editors_picks=true 9 comments
- Guess What 1 Out of 10 Floridians Can't Do on Election Day? | HuffPost Latest News http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kabira-stokes/felony-voting-rights_b_2079590.html 6 comments
- Voter ID's evil twin | Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2012/08/17/voter_ids_evil_twin/ 4 comments
- A Great Injustice. Exploring American Incarceration | by Quinn Norton | The Message | Medium https://medium.com/message/a-great-injustice-689d24d12c10 0 comments
- Police Killings Surpass the Worst Years of Lynching, Capital Punishment, and a Movement Responds | HuffPost Latest News http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerome-karabel/police-killings-lynchings-capital-punishment_b_8462778.html 0 comments