Abstract
This chapter considers a range of policy and political proposals for reenfranchisement. It suggests that the key long-term reforms require reconsideration of all voting restrictions on disenfranchised felons. The issue can be broken down into three separate questions: restoring voting rights for people who have completed their entire sentence (exfelons); restoring voting rights for people who remain under supervision of the criminal justice system on probation or parole, but live in their communities (nonincarcerated felons); and restoring voting rights for currently incarcerated felons.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Locked Out |
| Subtitle of host publication | Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780199943975 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780195149326 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 24 2012 |
Keywords
- Disenfranchised felons
- Felon disenfranchisement
- Reenfranchisement
- Right to vote
- Voting restrictions
- Voting rights