To Honor MLK, Let New Yorkers in Prison Vote
Four lawmakers explain why they introduced legislation to finally end felony disenfranchisement in New York.
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Four lawmakers explain why they introduced legislation to finally end felony disenfranchisement in New York.
Proposition 17 would allow people with felony convictions to cast ballots while they are on parole.
Spotlights like this one provide original commentary and analysis on pressing criminal justice issues of the day. You can read them each day in our newsletter, The Daily Appeal. Democrats who hope to retake the White House in November are seeking to turn out voters—a lot of them. According to one information systems professor who worked for President […]
Advocates worry the widespread confusion may have a chilling effect on eligible voters.
The bill would disproportionately affect the 140,000 people whose voting rights were recently restored.
Lawyers and advocates in Miami-Dade County will roll out a new plan to counter the disenfranchisement of people with felony convictions.
Right now, only the whitest states—Maine and Vermont—allow prisoners to vote. Washington, D.C., could change that.
With Appeal staff reporter Kira Lerner