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As of October 2020, it was estimated that 5.1 million voting-age US citizens were disenfranchised for the 2020 presidential election on account of a felony conviction, 1 in 44 citizens. [3] As suffrage rights are generally bestowed by state law, state felony disenfranchisement laws also apply to elections to federal offices.
State Representative John Rogers (D) convicted of wire and mail fraud. (2024) [1] State Representative David Cole (R) convicted of voter fraud and served 60 days in jail. (2023) [2] [3] Fred Plump (D) State Representative pled guilty to criminal conspiracy and obstruction of justice. He repaid $200K and was forced to resign.
In March 2020, three Texas judges of the Second District Court of Appeals rejected her appeal. [12] Judge Wade Birdwell wrote the decision for the three judge panel, stating that the fact that Mason did not know she was legally ineligible to vote was irrelevant to her prosecution and that the state only needed to prove that she voted while ...
Tammy Thompson, left, and Katherin Youniacutt, right, pose for a portrait the night before filing a lawsuit against the state of Texas to reverse the 2019 law that prevents certain convicted ...
A Fort Worth man, who trafficked firearms from Texas to convicted felons in California, was sentenced to nine years in prison, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton ...
Every state with the exception of Maine and Vermont prohibits felons from voting while in prison. [13] Nine other states disenfranchise felons for various lengths of time following the completion of their probation or parole. However, the severity of each state's disenfranchisement varies. 1 in 43 adults were disenfranchised as of 2006. [14]
For Trump, that means he will benefit from a 2021 New York law that allows people with felony convictions to vote as long as they’re not serving a term of incarceration at the time of the election.
Maryland restores voting rights to felons after they have served their term in prison. [65] 2017. Alabama publishes a list of crimes that can lead to disqualification of the right to vote. [65] Wyoming restores the voting rights of non-violent felons. [65] 2018. The residential address law in North Dakota is upheld by the United States Supreme ...