Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

Criminal Law

: The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

Stitch by Stitch: Unraveling the Crazy Quilt of Laws that Locks Millions of Americans out of the Electoral System

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Stitch by Stitch: Unraveling the Crazy Quilt of Laws that Locks Millions of Americans out of the Electoral System May 6th, 2009 By Erika Wood- Brennan Center for Justice The Hill On Monday, Washington Governor Chris Gregoire signed into law the Voting Rights Restoration Act, a new law that eliminates the requirement that people coming out of the criminal justice system pay all fees, fines and restitution, including hefty surcharges and accrued interest, before being allowed to vote. The right to vote in Washington will no longer hinge on one?s ability to pay. With this new law, Washington becomes the twentieth state in the last decade to ease voting restrictions on people with criminal histories who are out of prison and living in the community...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 08, 2009 (boomark / email).