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felon disenfranchisement
August 10, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Unfinished Business of Women’s Suffrage
The women who remain locked out of the right to vote are the fractured legacy of a fractured movement.
November 7, 2018
Matt Ford
American democracy is just a little bit healthier after Tuesday’s midterms.
November 7, 2018
Matt Ford
1.5 million Floridians with prior felony convictions can now vote in 2020.
October 12, 2018
Matt Ford
American Democracy Is on the Ballot in November
It's not just because of Trump. Millions of voters' rights are at stake, too.
March 30, 2018
Matt Ford
Texas’s voter-fraud crusade sends a mother of two to prison for five years.

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