Simon walked the inmates through the registration process, and explained all the options for voting — absentee, early in person and on Election Day. Under previous law, felony offenders were not ...
In November, California voters approved Proposition 17, restoring voting rights to those who have completed their prison terms ... voting issues are in the United States. Still, according to ...
The ACLU of Nevada is prepared to file lawsuits against numerous county and municipal jails for failing to comply with a ...
A new law went into effect Jan. 1 that requires all local jails to explicitly allow eligible inmates to vote, but the ACLU ...
Behind a 22-foot-high granite wall and layers of metal security gates, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon ran through ...
The United States ... obliges prison authorities to encourage prisoners to assert their voting rights and to facilitate voting procedures. The only prisoners who may not vote are those convicted ...
Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill that would give voting rights to currently incarcerated individuals with felony ...
BOTH ARE WORKING TO HELP THOSE SERVING TIME FOR FELONIES REGAIN THEIR VOTING RIGHTS. RIGHTS. PASTOR, I’M GOING TO BEGIN WITH YOU. YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE HELD AT THE NASHUA STREET JAIL AND THE ...
In most states, voting rights are automatically ... and in two states even inmates may vote. But Kentucky requires an act of the governor to restore a felon’s right to vote or hold public ...
When Benny Ivey, co-founder of Strong Arms of Mississippi, went to prison for ... appealed to the United States Supreme Court. See more about this case Mississippi voting rights case is argued ...