PDA OneNation Voter Suppression #2 Restoring Democracy: Voting After a Criminal Conviction - Fighting for Felon Voting Rights from columbia television history 2003 Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 32 min 10 sec ✓ Published: 18-Oct-2012
Description: Voting is both a fundamental right and a civic duty. However there remains one significant blanket barrier to the franchise:nn5.85 million American citizens are not allowed to vote because of a criminal conviction.nAs many as 4.4 million of these people live, work, and raise families in our communities, but because of a conviction in their past they are still denied the right to vote.nnFelony disenfranchisement laws in the United States are deeply rooted in the troubled history of American race