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Resources for Ending Felony Disenfranchisment towards an Inclusive Democracy
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Scholarly Reports
Advocating to End Felony Disenfranchisement Across the U.S.
De Jure Disenfranchisement
Locked Out 2022: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights
Presented by the Sentencing Project
Authors: By Christopher Uggen, Ryan Larson, Sarah Shannon and Robert Stewart
Published October 2022
The Harvard-to-Prison Pipeline Report
Presented by the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign
Authors: Jarrett Drake, Xitlalli Alvarez, Joanna Anyanwu, Anna Nathanson, Amanda Chan, Paul Clarke, Zoe Hopkins, Amber Ashley James, and Ismail Buffins.
Designer: Caroline Felice Smith
Published October 2019
Value to the Soul: People with Criminal Convictions on the Power of the Vote
Presented by the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
Authors: Ryan P. Haygood, President and CEO; Henal Patel, Associate Counsel and the Honorable Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Legal Fellow (primary author); Ronald W. Pierce, Democracy and Justice Fellow Scott Novakowski, (former) Director of Civic Engagement
Cover Design: Mosaic Strategies Group Layout: Hallow Creek Productions, LLC
Published October 2019
Democracy Needs Everyone Report
Presented by Initiate Justice
Authors: Taina Vargas-Edmond, Gregory Fidell, Lisa Schottenfeld and Sasha Feldstein
Design: Julie Mai
Published March 2019
The Freedom to Vote
Presented by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Special thanks to Democracy NC and Kaneesha Johnson
Published August 2019
De Facto Disenfranchisement
Ensuring the Right to Vote: How to Expand Voting Access in Michigan Jails
Presented by Nation Outside and Voter Access for All Coalition
Prepared with Percy Glover Antoniese Gant and Adrianna Duchene, Kimberly Woodson and Earl Burton
Published September 2021
Vote By Mail in Jail: Increasing Voter Engagement for Incarcerated Voters Across The Country
Presented by Spread The Vote
Prepared by Kat Calvin, Founder and ED, Amani Sawari Justice Service Director and Emma Wisniewski Research Director
Published November 2023
Democracy Detained: Fulfilling the Promise of the Right to Vote from Jail
Presented by the Thurgood Marshall Institute
Prepared by: Christina Das, Voting Rights Defender Attorney and Jackie O’Neil, Research Associate
Published June 2023
Unlock Civics: Cook County Jail Voters
Presented by ChicagoVotes
Prepared by Jen Dean, ED of ChicagoVotes
Published November 2018
Voting in Jails
Presented by the Sentencing Project
Prepared by: Nicole D. Porter, Director of Advocacy
Published May 2020
Jail Registration and Voting Report
Presented by Washington Secretary of State
Prepared by: Christina Das, Voting Rights Defender Attorney and Jackie O’Neil, Research Associate
Published June 2023
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