Editors’ Note: Excerpted from a New York Times editorial, August 10, 2019. Coral Nichols will be eligible to vote when she’s 190. That’s assuming the 40-year-old Floridian — who served five years in prison for fraud and embezzlement, followed by nearly 10… Read More ›
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Outlaws, Felons, Justice
On March 25, 2019, Gov. Ralph Northam vetoed a bill that would have barred former felons from receiving certification as notaries public. In his veto message, the governor concluded, Permanently prohibiting a person from exercising a civil right without a… Read More ›
DISENFRANCHISING FELONS: CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT?
No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be qualified to vote unless his civil rights have been restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. … Read More ›