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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (18216)	4/26/2004 9:08:23 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

<even former felons are not allowed to vote...it's in the Constitution...if you folks read and understood it Actually cga.state.ct.us VOTING RIGHTS OF FELONS By: Sandra Norman-Eady, Chief Attorney You wanted to know the number of (1) felons who have registered to vote after having their voting rights restored and (2) states that allow felons to vote while they are on probation or parole. While organizations, like The Sentencing Project, estimate that 3.9 million Americans are now temporarily or permanently disenfranchised, we are unaware of any statistics on the number of eligible felons who register to vote. Convicted felons in 16 states either have or may have their voting rights restored upon release from a correctional institution. These states are Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Utah. In some of these states, like Illinois, Michigan, and Montana, the felon's voting privileges are automatically restored upon completion of his period of incarceration. In the states that do not allow for automatic restoration, felons must comply with the state's restoration procedures before their voting privileges are restored. Of the remaining 36 states, 34, including Connecticut, prohibit convicted felons from voting while they are on parole or probation. In 13 of these states, including Alabama, Florida, Iowa, and Wyoming, felons who have completed their sentences can be disenfranchised for life. In Delaware felons can be disenfranchised up to five years after completing their sentence. Two states, California and Colorado, prohibit felons from voting while on parole but allow them to vote while on probation. (If the General Assembly passes sHB 5042, Connecticut will join these two states by making felons on probation eligible to vote). Maine and Vermont are the only two states that do not forfeit felons' voting rights. SN-E:ro