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As of January 2020, Iowa was the only state to impose a lifetime felony voting ban, regardless of the crime committed. [37] On August 5, 2020, Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds signed an executive order restoring voting rights to about 24,000 people who had completed their sentences, except for those convicted of murder. [38]
Under current voting laws decided state by state, only Maine, Vermont and Washington, D.C. let felons vote from prison. New York and 22 other states automatically restore felons’ voting rights ...
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a 2023 state law that restores voting rights for felons once they have completed their prison sentences. The new law was popular with Democrats in ...
Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation that would allow people convicted of a felony to vote in federal elections, a proposal that if enacted could restore the voting rights of ...
A further softening occurred in 1995 when the loss of voting rights was limited to those serving a sentence of five years or longer, [39] [40] although earlier that year the Keating government had been planning legislation to extend voting rights to all prisoners. [41] Disenfranchisement does not continue after release from jail/prison. [42]
After Akeem Simms spent 11 months and his 30th birthday in a Pennsylvania correctional facility for a felony conviction for drug possession with the intent to deliver, the Philadelphia resident ...
The Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1976 was the first bill to enshrine the constitutional right to vote in federal elections into law for U.S. citizens living overseas. This bill also established uniform absentee voting procedures for U.S. citizens living overseas in federal elections.
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.