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Disenfranchisement
Disenfranchisement or disfranchisement is the revocation of the right of suffrage (the right to vote) to a person or group of people, or rendering a person's vote less effective, or ineffective, through processes such as gerrymandering. Disfranchisement might occur explicitly through law, or implicitly by intimidation.
When Is "Disenfranchisement" Not "Disenfranchisement?"
By Big Tent Democrat Speaking for me only Via John Cole, Steve Benen makes a sound point but then avoids an obvious one...
"De Facto Disenfranchisement"
Jeffrey Zaino of the American Arbitration Association and Jeanne S. Zaino of Iona College have this paper, presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association's annual meeting...
The Constitutionality of Tax Felon Disenfranchisement
Sloan G. Speck (J.D. 2007, Chicago) has published "Failure to Pay Any Poll Tax or Other Tax?: The Constitutionality of Tax Felon Disenfranchisement, 74 U...
The Dem Debacle: On Saturday's Disenfranchisement
The best article I've read on the Saturday debacle of the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting in which it decided to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with 1/2 vote each and award delegates who voted for Hillary to Barack Obama, is Dana Milbank's in the Washington Post...
Ex-Felon disenfranchisement in US election
To see the rest of the article, visit the Sex Offender Issues blog.
Potential Disenfranchisement in Indiana through BMV Name Purge?
The latest here....
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