Simon walked the inmates through the registration process, and explained all the options for voting — absentee, early in person and on Election Day. Under previous law, felony offenders were not ...
A new law went into effect Jan. 1 that requires all local jails to explicitly allow eligible inmates to vote, but the ACLU ...
The ACLU of Nevada is prepared to file lawsuits against numerous county and municipal jails for failing to comply with a ...
Behind a 22-foot-high granite wall and layers of metal security gates, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon ran through ...
Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill that would give voting rights to currently incarcerated individuals with felony ...
The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "voting rights ban Mississippi," curated by The Marshall Project.
BEHIND BARS IN MASSACHUSETTS. IT’S PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING TIME FOR FELONIES DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE. MASSACHUSETTS IS ONE OF 23 STATES THAT STRIP CONVICTED FELONS OF THEIR RIGHT.
As a formerly incarcerated individual who successfully navigated the justice system, I understand firsthand the importance of restoring voting rights to citizens returning to public life.
Critics said the new rules don't go far enough. New York City officials voted Tuesday to end the current rules on solitary confinement in all city jails starting in the fall. Critics of the ...
When Benny Ivey, co-founder of Strong Arms of Mississippi, went to prison for the first time in the 1998, losing his right to vote wasn’t among his chief concerns. Fourteen years since his final ...