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Dear John,
Today, The Sentencing Project released a new report [[link removed]] which found that 4.6 million people, or one in every 50 adults, will be barred from voting in the 2022 midterms due to a felony conviction. Three out of four of the people disenfranchised are living in their communities, having fully completed their sentences or remaining supervised while on probation or parole.
Locked Out 2022: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights Due to a Felony Conviction [[link removed]] also found that:
*
One
in
19
African
Americans
of
voting
age
is
disenfranchised,
a
rate
3.5
times
greater
than
that
of
non-African
Americans.
*
More
than
one
in
10
African
American
adults
is
disenfranchised
in
eight
states
–
Alabama,
Arizona,
Florida,
Kentucky,
Mississippi,
South
Dakota,
Tennessee,
and
Virginia.
*
Although
data
on
ethnicity
in
correctional
populations
are
still
unevenly
reported,
the
report
conservatively
estimates
that
at
least
506,000
Latinx
Americans
–
or
1.7
percent
of
the
voting
eligible
Latinx
population
–
are
disenfranchised.
*
Approximately
1,000,000
women
are
disenfranchised,
comprising
over
one-fifth
of
the
total
disenfranchised
population.
Furthermore, the report found that although half of U.S. states have scaled back voting restrictions for people with felony convictions, several others – particularly Southeastern states – have retained such restrictions, and their disenfranchised populations have increased with the expansion of the criminal legal system.
Locked Out 2022 [[link removed]] makes it clear that millions of our citizens will remain voiceless in the upcoming midterms. Felony disenfranchisement is part of a through-line to restrict ballot access, just like poll taxes, literacy tests and property requirements. It is past time for our country to guarantee the right to vote to all people with felony convictions.
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[[link removed]] Nicole D. Porter
Senior Director of Advocacy
email: [email protected]
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