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Topic-by-Topic Coverage (Felon Voting Rights)
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News and Analysis
October, 2008
- Alabama Felony Voting Suit Dismissed (10/13/08)
Commentary
There are no commentary articles on Felon Voting Rights that Election Law @ Moritz has written at this time.
News Stories
November, 2009
- Groups Ask Kaine To Restore Felon Rights (11/19/09)
October, 2009
September, 2009
- Volunteers seek support for voting rights restoration (9/26/09)
- Fla. GOP slams Crist-backed felon vote restoration (9/25/09)
- Proposed law would restore voting rights to felons (9/22/09)
- State plan to allow former felons voting rights has broader support; state briefs (9/14/09)
- Rally in Elmwood Park raises awareness for felon voting rights (9/13/09)
- Attorney general opposes bill that would allow felons to vote while not incarcerated (9/01/09)
August, 2009
- Let felons vote? Dems and GOP (surprise!) disagree (in Wisconsin anyway) (8/31/09)
- Wisconsin voting bill would grant voting privilege to ex-felons (8/30/09)
- Prisoners are People, Too (8/25/09)
- Voting rights for felons (8/24/09)
- City of Denver let ex-cons work during Nov. 2008 election (8/23/09)
- Court: Mass. can deny jailed felons right to vote (8/01/09)
July, 2009
May, 2009
- Gregiore Signs Voting-Rights Bill Into Law (5/06/09)
- Voting rights restored to former felons in Washington state (5/05/09)
April, 2009
- Restoring voting rights, cleaner voting rolls (4/24/09)
- Felons could be casting ballots this fall (4/22/09)
- Bill to restore convicted felons voting rights passes Legislature (4/22/09)
- Democrats at Crusade for Voters forum back restoration of voting rights (4/21/09)
- Justices Let Stand Ruling Limiting Felons’ Voting Rights (4/16/09)
- County auditor says felon-voting bill does little to simplify elections process (4/16/09)
- Wash. Senate OKs bill to restore voting for felons (4/15/09)
- Board of Elections: Convicted felons voted illegally in '08 election (4/08/09)
March, 2009
- Gov. Crist Announces Progress of Civil Rights Resoration Cases (3/18/09)
- Felons voting: Fear-mongering on voter ID (3/16/09)
- Florida urged to change rights-restoration rules for felons (3/15/09)
- Wash. House approves broader felon voting rights (3/10/09)
- Legislature considering bills that limit felons’ voting rights (3/03/09)
- Felons' voting rights back on agenda (3/02/09)
February, 2009
- Two Pine Ridge women file voting rights lawsuit (2/18/09)
- 2 American Indians sue over being barred from voting (2/18/09)
- House subcommittee kills bill on voting rights for felons (2/16/09)
- Felon voting rights face the House (2/13/09)
- Bill would allow freed felons to vote again (2/13/09)
- Guest Columnists: Restore voting rights to ex-felons (2/12/09)
- Panel OKs proposal to define moral turpitude for voting rules (2/12/09)
- Va. Senate approves voting rights restoration amendment (2/09/09)
January, 2009
October, 2008
- Many convicted felons remain on voter rolls, according to Sun Sentinel investigation (10/12/08)
- Ex-Felon Voters Foiled By Confused Officials (10/08/08)
- Agency: State wrongly denied felons ballot access (10/02/08)
- Restoring the Vote to Former Prisoners (10/01/08)
September, 2008
- NAACP challenges state prison ban on voter registration (9/30/08)
- Restoring voting rights eased (9/23/08)
- Judge dismisses Tenn. felon voting lawsuit (9/23/08)
- Ex-offenders take steps to regain ballot box rights (9/18/08)
- States Restore Voting Rights for Ex-Convicts (9/13/08)
- Felons not necessarily barred from voting (9/04/08)
August, 2008
Litigation
Active Cases
- Farrakhan v. Locke (Washington)
- Janis v. Nelson (South Dakota)
- Young v. Hosemann (Mississippi)
Archived Cases
- Baker v. Chapman (Alabama)
- Gooden v. Worley (Alabama)
- Hayden v. Pataki; Muntaqim v. Coombe (New York)
- Johnson v. Bush (Florida)
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