Map: State Legislative and Policy Reform to Advance the Voting Rights of Formerly Incarcerated Persons (2008)
Voting Rights for People with Criminal Records: 2008 State Legislative and Policy Changes
A patchwork of state felony disfranchisement laws, varying in severity from state to state, prevent approximately 5.3 million Americans with felony (and in several states misdemeanor) convictions from voting. Confusion about and misapplication of these laws de facto disenfranchise countless other Americans.
