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John,
Today, The Sentencing Project released a new report, “Expanding the Vote: State Felony Disenfranchisement Reform,” [[link removed]] which provides a state-by-state accounting of the changes to voting rights for people with felony convictions and measures its impact. It also features profiles of justice-impacted individuals across the country fighting to expand voting rights in their state.
Since 1997, 26 states and the District of Columbia have expanded voting rights to people living with felony convictions or amended policies to guarantee ballot access. As a result, over 2 million Americans have regained the right to vote since 1997.
These reforms were achieved through various mechanisms, including legislative reform, executive action, and ballot measures. The reforms highlighted in the report include:
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Restoration
of
voting
rights
to
persons
in
prison
in
Washington,
DC;


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Expansion
of
voting
rights
to
some
or
all
persons
on
felony
probation
or
parole
in
12
states;
and


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Increased
accessibility
for
persons
seeking
rights
restoration
in
14
states.
Despite this momentum, over 4.6 million Americans with felony convictions were disenfranchised as of 2022, disproportionately impacting Black and Latinx communities. We must keep up the fight to ensure that every American - regardless of their history with the criminal legal system - has a say in our democracy.
READ THE REPORT [[link removed]]
[[link removed]] Nicole D. Porter
Senior Director of Advocacy
Email: [email protected] [[email protected]]
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