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Noticing the new ex-felon voting block

By Douglas A. Berman

This Los Angeles Times article spotlights a notable new voting block: former felons who have regained the right to vote.  Here are snippets from the article: At least a dozen states have changed their laws since 2003 to allow more felons who are no longer in prison to cast ballots, reversing a long-standing trend.  And though studies show that felons lean Democratic, states led by Republican governors have loosened their voting rules, including Alabama, Nebraska, Nevada and Florida -- where officials have learned from the 2000 presidential race just how close an election can be. States restored voting rights to about 760,000 felons in the last decade, according to tallies by voting rights groups, but data on how many have registered to cast ballots are sketchy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 27, 2008 (boomark / email).