However, in order to do that, we must first grapple with the injustice of voter suppression, particularly felony disenfranchisement. Hear more Tennessee voices: Get the weekly opinion newsletter ...

"Felony disenfranchisement is just the latest in a long line of attempts to restrict ballot access, just like poll taxes, literacy tests and property requirements were used in the past." ...

C.B. Schmelter/Associated Press Jonathan Topaz, staff attorney at the ACLU Voting Rights Project, spoke with Newsweek about the phenomenon of felon disenfranchisement, saying: "There is no actual ...

Though progress has been made in Maryland, allowing the injustice of felony disenfranchisement to persist undermines those efforts. Our state cannot claim to champion democracy while maintaining ...

Felony disenfranchisement is a relic of Jim Crow white supremacy. Its enforcement after the election of a convicted felon to ...

The year was 1974. Richardson v. Ramirez, which involved a challenge to the practice of felon disenfranchisement in California, had just reached the highest court in the land. The Supreme Court ...

On May 30, 2024, Donald Trump was convicted in a Manhattan courtroom on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal his affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels. Millions of ...

It also gets impacted by felony disenfranchisement, meaning laws that keep people who have been convicted of felonies from voting. These laws also keep people who are currently incarcerated ...

Nicole Lewis, Engagement Editor, The Marshall Project: Lewis has reported on felony disenfranchisement issues across the country and has conducted The Marshall Project's political survey for the last ...

Community leaders and lawmakers are working to educate and bring awareness to felony disenfranchisement in Mississippi. The 'Right to Restore' panel discussion aimed to create awareness and action ...

Austin Sarat, a professor at Amherst College who has studied felon disenfranchisement pointed to “the multi-jurisdictional quality” of Trump’s trials as making his situation “particularly ...