Different states have different requirements for re-enfranchising ex-felons. Maine and Vermont allow their imprisoned populations to vote. Some states restore voting rights at the moment of release, ...

U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. ruled that a felon disenfranchisement provision in the state’s constitution violates the federal Virginia Readmission Act of 1870.

Legislation to restore voting rights to convicted felons except murderers and felony sex offenders has passed the Florida House. The Republican-dominated House voted 71-45 Wednesday for the bill that ...

Florida GOP Readies Poll Tax to Nullify Ex-Felons’ Voting RightsFloridians voted to re-enfranchise the formerly incarcerated last fall. Republicans want to make them pay off all court fines and fees ...

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear restored voting rights to more than 100,000 ex-felons in his state on Tuesday, Mother Jones reports. The governor signed an executive order that will allow ex-felons ...

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. — In November, Florida voters approved a groundbreaking ballot measure that would restore voting rights for up to 1.5 million people with felony convictions. Floridians Gave ...