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MI: people with felony convictions and homeless people eligible to vote

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Ex-felons, homeless are part of state voting process By Eric T. Campbell The Michigan Citizen DETROIT ? The 2008 primary race for the highest office in the nation has brought millions of new voters to the polls. With the end of the primary season and the beginning of the general election, many more will finally become active participants. But what about access to the polls for those whom society has attempted to marginalize? The purging of Florida citizens, ex-felons and non-felons alike, from voter rolls in 2000 is just one example of a state apparatus intentionally eliminating minorities from the election process. In addition, new photo ID laws popping up around the country create more barriers to voter participation. The 2004 presidential election in the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 03, 2008 (boomark / email).