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The Court looked to Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which proclaims that States in which adult male citizens are denied the right to vote for any reason other than "participation in rebellion, or other crime" will suffer a reduction in the basis of their representation in Congress. Based on this language ...
Bernie Sanders made provocative comments about voting rights during a recent town hall, saying he thought felons — even those still imprisoned — should be granted the right to vote in elections.
In Puerto Rico, felons in prison are allowed to vote in elections. Practices in the United States are in contrast to some European nations that allow prisoners to vote, while other European countries have restrictions on voting while serving a prison sentence, but not after release. [97] Prisoners have been allowed to vote in Canada since 2002 ...
Richardson v. Ramirez, 418 U.S. 24 (1974), [1] was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 6–3, that convicted felons could be barred from voting beyond their sentence and parole without violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
California residents on parole for felony convictions will be allowed to vote in the state as soon as they leave prison, according to a ballot measure that passed handily Tuesday. Sen. Kamala ...
Nebraskans with felony records now have a narrow window to register to vote, with the deadline to register online and by mail this Friday, Oct. 18 and in-person deadline on Oct. 25.
Even before 1983, prisoners in the UK weren't allowed to vote, which had been decided with the Forfeiture Act 1870. [3] On 10 December 2012, the Council of Europe advised that the United Kingdom could not continue with its 'blanket ban', observing that one of the available options in the draft bill would contravene the ruling against the UK. [4 ...
Former President Trump cast his ballot in Florida on Election Day, despite his 34 felony convictions in New York. While Florida has some of the strictest laws in the country against people ...