Breaking the Barriers to the Ballot Box: Felon Enfranchisement Toolkit
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Apr. 10, 2008
ANNOTATION: Guidance is provided for those who wish to successfully implement a felon enfranchisement policy reform. Sections of this tool kit explain: components of successful felon enfranchisement policy reform; policy reform goals and strategies; recent successful policy reforms; components of model legislation and pressure to create exceptions; legislating notice and voter registration; working with corrections, parole, and probation; executive reform; comparing your state the surrounding states; and comparing the U.S. to other democracies and analyzing the U.S.’s human rights obligations. Appended resources include: map of state felony disenfranchisement laws; policy changes to state felony disenfranchisement laws 1997-2007; why and how to conduct a survey of state and local officials; using “Democracy’s Ghost” (video) to illustrate the personal impact of felony disenfranchisement; significant endorsements in support of felon disenfranchisement reform; legal primer; and model materials from Rhode Island, North Carolina, Colorado, Wyoming, Alaska, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Georgia, Washington Times, and Seattle Times.