Voting Rights

Civil Rights Report Details "Historic" Assault on Voting Rights

January 12, 2012
A new report reveals that recent legislation is suppressing political participation, especially the voting rights of minority and poor populations (The Sentencing Project).

Who Gets to Vote?

November 29, 2011
Next November more than 5 million Americans will not be allowed to vote because of a criminal conviction in their past. Although Oregon restores voting rights after a conviction, other states vary widely. In some cases, people with felony convictions are disenfranchised for life.

Who Gets to Vote?

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The GOP War on Voting

September 26, 2011
A new crop of GOP governors and state legislators has passed a series of measures that could prevent formerly incarcerated people from casting ballots. All told, a dozen states have approved new obstacles to voting.

The GOP War on Voting

Voting Behind Bars

August 2, 2010
The Supreme Court has ordered the federal government to take a stand on laws that take away the right to vote from people in prison or on parole. The laws have a disproportionate impact on African American communities. (New York Times Opinionator Blog)

Making the Road by Walking It – Ten Years on the Road with PSJ

April 23, 2010
Take a look back with us at our first 10 years as an organization, starting with our founding as Western Prison Project in 1999, and refresh your memory about or learn about the road we've traveled to become the Partnership for Safety and Justice, an organization with a holistic vision for reform.

Article by Caylor Roling

Former Prisoners and the Vote

March 22, 2010
There is no good reason to deny former prisoners the vote. Once they are back in the community — paying taxes, working, raising families — they have the same concerns as other voters, and they should have the same say in who represents them. (New York Times Editorial)

 

House Committee Will Hold Hearing on Federal Voting Rights

March 16, 2010
The House Committee on the Judiciary will meet today for a hearing on Democracy Restoration Act of 2009, legislation that would make formerly incarcerated people eligible to vote in federal elections.

March 15, 2010
 

Washington state felons should have voting rights, federal court rules

January 13, 2010
A federal appeals court on Tuesday, finding the state's criminal justice system "infected" with racial discrimination, tossed out Washington's law banning prison inmates from voting. (Seattle Times)

 By Jonathan Martin

My First Vote

August 5, 2009
My First Vote is a compilation of stories from people across the country who voted for the first time in November 2008 after having lost, and then regained, their right to vote following a criminal conviction. (Brennan Center for Justice)

My First Vote

Voting Rights Victory

June 15, 2009
Many people with felony convictions in Washington State will soon regain the right to vote. In May, Governor Christine Gregoire signed a bill into law that returns voting rights to formerly incarcerated people after they have completed probation or parole.

Many people with felony convictions in Washington State will soon regain the right to vote.

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