Since the 1920s The League of Women Voters has impacted elections of state and local governments Just two months removed from the presidential … [Read more...]
Proposition 17 frees the vote of the formerly incarcerated
More than 40,000 parolees will head to the ballot box in the future. California voters approve the Free the Vote Act this November. The right to … [Read more...]
Shifting the way we count incarcerated persons
A new law will give California prisoners political power by counting them as residents of their home communities rather than in the communities where … [Read more...]
Noncitizens allowed to vote in local San Francisco elections
San Francisco became the largest city in the nation to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections, according to the Los Angeles Times. … [Read more...]
Returning citizens tend to be more politically involved
Political science professors Hannah L. Walker and Michael Leo Owens allege that formerly incarcerated individuals tend to be more politically involved … [Read more...]
Florida hosts prison reform conference – FICPFM
More than 50 social justice organizations led by formerly incarcerated people met in Orlando, Fla., last month. The occasion was the second national … [Read more...]
Kentucky voting rights may change for ex-felons
Kentucky’s practice of permanently stripping away the voting rights of citizens convicted of felonies may soon change, according to Attorney Ben … [Read more...]
Running from the prison cell to public office
‘Should we bear the burden of our past when our present has been involved in fixing the future?’ Lewis Conway Jr., a formerly incarcerated man, is … [Read more...]
Alabama restores voting rights without notification
Alabama recently passed a law to restore voting rights to most of its citizens with felony records. A federal judge, however, ruled that this new law … [Read more...]
New Law Would Restore Voting Rights to Ex-Felons
Congress is considering legislation to restore federal voting rights to former prisoners. “The right to vote is the most basic constitutive act of … [Read more...]