November 2, 2012

Swing States Virginia and Florida Lead The Nation In Disenfranchisement

Swing States Virginia and Florida Lead The Nation In Disenfranchisement: Virginia and Florida, high-population swing states that could decide this presidential election, have the harshest disenfranchisement laws and bar more former and current felons from voting than any other state, a problem illustrated in a graphic from the Prison Policy Initiative. As the Brennan Center for Justice explains in its report out this week, “Disenfranchisement after criminal [...]/p