Voting Rights With A Felony Conviction
A felony conviction can affect your voting rights. Loss of voting rights after a felony conviction is known as felony disenfranchisement. There are more than four million Americans that have lost their voting rights because of a felony conviction.
Prisoners in the states of Maine Vermont and prisoners from the District of Columbia can vote. Prisoners in the other 48 US states lose their voting rights while incarcerated for a felony conviction.
There are thirty six US states that forbid voting after a felony conviction to any person on probation or parole. There are eleven states that a felony conviction will get you a lifetime ban from voting.
There are a lot of racial disparities in the US when it comes to felony convictions. These disparities result in an estimated thirteen percent of black men unable to vote.
People and groups are working to change the laws governing the right to vote after a felony conviction. Most of the public supports restoration of voting rights of individuals that have completed their sentencing and supervision periods.
Just over have of Americans support the right to vote for individuals on probation or parole after a felony conviction. There is a strong opposition to reform of these laws by some groups.
Felony disenfranchisement is by no means a new idea for people after a felony conviction. This was started a long time ago as part of someone's punishment for a crime as part of their civil death.
A person with a felony conviction really has no recourse in the court system currently. The Supreme Court of the United States has repeatedly ruled in favor of the existing disenfranchisement laws.
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Since 9/11, the American public has become much more conscious about security. It is now common for someone looking for work to learn that an employer checks criminal records of prospective new employees. Criminal background checks are now being done by some companies on current employees. As a result, some people are finding that offenses committed many years ago are causing trouble in the present. Additionally, most states have laws requiring professional licensing boards to do criminal record checks to for occupation-related convictions. This practice is leading to youthful offenses, making it difficult for workers to find jobs. Some people are even losing jobs that they have worked at for years.
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