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New Sentencing Project report on felon disenfranchisement

By Douglas A. Berman

I was pleased to learn through a helpful e-mail that the a new report from The Sentencing Project discussing felon disenfranchisement reform over the past decade. The report, titled "Expanding the Vote: State Felony Disenfranchisement Reform, 1997-2008," is available at this link. This page at the website of The Sentencing Project provides a summary of the report's findings.  Here are excerpts from that summary:Since 1997, 19 states have amended felony disenfranchisement policies in an effort to reduce their restrictiveness and expand voter eligibility, according to a report released today by The Sentencing Project.  The report, Expanding the Vote: State Felony Disenfranchisement Reform, 1997-2008, documents a reform movement over the past eleven years that has resulted in more than 760,000 citizens having regained their right to vote...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 25, 2008 (boomark / email).