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As of 2008, over 5.3 million people in the United States were denied the right to vote due to felony disenfranchisement. [18] In the national elections in 2012, the various state felony disenfranchisement laws together blocked an estimated 5.85 million felons from voting, up from 1.2 million in 1976.
Voter registration status can be checked online on the Texas Secretary of State website. Oct. 7 is the deadline to register to vote in Texas. Election Day is Nov. 5.
Florida changes their felony voting rules; felons must wait five years after sentencing and apply for their right to vote again. [59] Iowa reverses their rule allowing felons who have completed their sentences to vote. [59] Texas passes one of the most restrictive voter ID laws in the country, but it is blocked by the courts. [30] 2013
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]
Bernie Sanders made provocative comments about voting rights during a recent town hall, saying he thought felons — even those still imprisoned — should be granted the right to vote in elections.
The 43-year-old Texas resident had no idea she was barred from voting in the 2016 presidential election. Texas woman sentenced to five years for voting illegally in 2016 Skip to main content
According to the Sentencing Project, as of 2010 an estimated 5.9 million Americans are denied the right to vote because of a felony conviction, a number equivalent to 2.5% of the U.S. voting-age population and a sharp increase from the 1.2 million people affected by felony disenfranchisement in 1976. [101]
How and whether felons and people otherwise detained can cast election ballots has developed into a major civil rights issue in recent years. Now inmates can vote from this Sin City jail Skip to ...