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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01wp988n978| Title: | 6 million lost voters: State-level estimates of felony disenfranchisement, 2016 |
| Other Titles: | Six million lost voters 6,000,000 lost voters |
| Contributors: | Uggen, Christopher Larson, Ryan Shannon, Sarah |
| Keywords: | Prisoners—Suffrage—United States Ex-convicts—Legal status, laws, etc Suffrage—United States Political rights, Loss of |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2016 |
| Publisher: | The Sentencing Project |
| Place of Publication: | Washington, D.C. |
| Description: | The United States remains one of the world’s strictest nations when it comes to denying the right to vote to citizens convicted of crimes. An estimated 6.1 million Americans are forbidden to vote because of “felony disenfranchisement,” or laws restricting voting rights for those convicted of felony-level crimes.In this election year, the question of voting restrictions is once again receiving great public attention. This report is intended to update and expand our previous work on the scope and distribution of felony disenfranchisement in the United States. The numbers presented here represent our best assessment of the state of felony disenfranchisement as of the November 2016 election. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01wp988n978 |
| Related resource: | https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/ |
| Appears in Collections: | Monographic reports and papers (Publicly Accessible) |
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