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The right to vote is the foundation of any democracy. Chief Justice Earl Warren, for example, wrote in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 555 (1964): "The right to vote freely for the candidate of one's choice is of the essence of a democratic society, and any restrictions on that right strike at the heart of representative government ...
Some argue that felons have shown poor judgment, and that they should therefore not have a voice in the political decision-making process. [4] Opponents have argued that such disfranchisement restricts and conflicts with principles of universal suffrage. [5] It can affect civic and communal participation in general. [1]
Disfranchisement, also disenfranchisement (which has become more common since 1982) [1] or voter disqualification, is the restriction of suffrage (the right to vote) of a person or group of people, or a practice that has the effect of preventing someone from exercising the right to vote. Disfranchisement can also refer to the revocation of ...
Missouri Republicans have for years attacked the state’s initiative petition process, a more-than-100-year-old mechanism that requires an expensive and time-consuming signature-gathering ...
Two guest authors weigh in on both sides of the issue voters will decide on Election Day. | Opinion
If Washington enacts HB 2030, it would join only Maine, Vermont and the District of Columbia in allowing prisoners to vote. Advocates say voting should be an inalienable right, regardless of ...
In the United States, the Prison Litigation Reform Act, or PLRA, is a federal statute enacted in 1996 with the intent of limiting "frivolous lawsuits" by prisoners.Among its provisions, the PLRA requires prisoners to exhaust all possibly executive means of reform before filing for litigation, restricts the normal procedure of having the losing defendant pay legal fees (thus making fewer ...
It should not be made for us by politicians or by religious officials who have no wives, no daughters and no insight into the day-to-day reproductive health care decisions that families must make.