OLYMPIA --Convicted felons who have served their time but owe court-imposed fines cannot be denied the right to vote, a King County Superior Court judge ruled Monday. Washington prohibits felons currently on probation, in prison or on parole from voting.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A judge has delayed his ruling allowing felons to vote until after the Nov. 7 general election and until the state Supreme Court can review the issue. Circuit Judge Robert Vance Jr. agreed to stay much of his order, which held that felons could vote until the Legislature clarifies a law that bars voting by felons convicted of a crime of "moral turpitude.
Wright interviews Alessandra Soler-Meetze, the communication director of the American Civil Liberties Union-Florida. Soler-Meetze speaks about Florida Governor Jeb Bush's concession and its implications for felon voting rights in Florida.
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DES MOINES (AP) - A judge on Friday rejected a legal challenge to Gov. Tom Vilsack's executive order automatically restoring voting rights to felons who have completed their sentences. Vilsack said in a statement that the ruling by Muscatine County District Judge J. Hobart Darbyshire confirmed his authority to issue the July 4 order.
In 13 states, a felony conviction can result in loss of voting rights even after a sentence has been completed; those rights are often for life. In Florida, one of the most extreme cases, individuals convicted of a felony are stripped of their civil and voting rights, even after they complete their sentences. A 22-year-old in Florida, with no prior record, who is convicted of felony drug possession will permanently lose the right to, vote unless he can obtain win a pardon from the governor. Such controversial bans have served to disenfranchise millions of Americans - most of them Africa-American-and have served to weaken the nation's democratic spirit. Florida's Republican Governor Charlie Crist, however, has shown great courage by publicly announcing he will push his state legislature ...
Technology is not the only problem in the Florida voting process. A Civil War throwback law is causing its fair share of problems. In 1868, the Florida Legislature drafted a section of its state constitution to address the voting rights of felons. Like literacy tests and Jim Crow laws, the effect of this law was to disenfranchise the voting power of African Americans. This "felon voting law" prevents voting rights from automatically vesting in those citizens who have paid their debt to society. This debacle disproportionately affects African-Americans and Democrats. With the ratio of ex-felon potential voters shaping up to be 3 to 1 Democrat to Republican, the Republican power base in Florida has done its best to make sure these citizens continue to be disenfranchised. The Tampa Tribune...
In 13 states, a felony conviction can result in loss of voting rights even after a sentence has been completed; those rights are often for life. In Florida, one of the most extreme cases, individuals convicted of a felony are stripped of their civil and voting rights, even after they complete their sentences. A 22-year-old in Florida, with no prior record, who is convicted of felony drug possession will permanently lose the right to vote unless he can obtain win a pardon from the governor. Such controversial bans have served to disenfranchise millions of Americans - most of them Africa-American-and have served to weaken the nation's democratic spirit. Florida's Republican Governor Charlie Crist, however, has shown great courage by publicly announcing he will push his state legislature t...
Democracy includes the executive branch as well as the civil-rights movement; poll workers and voting machines as well as the maldistribution of opportunity created by the allotment of wealth; lobbyists' and corporations' influence over public policy as well as civil-society institutions based in communities, labor unions, and identity- or issue-based groups. Immigrants' rights should be seen as central to a vibrant democracy, along with reforms such as the establishment of Election Day as a holiday, felon re-enfranchisement, a national right to vote, voting rights for the District of Columbia, and ballot accessibility for people with disabilities and for language minorities. * Structural voting alternatives:
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