Absolutely, says Dan Froomkin of the Huffington Post in his "How Do You Disenfranchise 1 In 8 Black Men?" article. Froomkin's article states that approximately 5.3 million Americans are unable to vote due to a felony conviction. Out of that number, 4 million are not imprisoned. Almost a third of those 4 million are African American...read on for more......
State laws that ban convicted felons from voting are having the unintentional (or is it intentional?) effect of disenfranchising one in eight African-American men.
Over the last two centuries, other voting prohibitions have fallen one by one as what was originally a privilege enjoyed only......Full article here
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