Dec 16, 2016 ... In the United States today, more than 6 million American citizens are denied ...  One-quarter of those disenfranchised Americans live in one state: Florida. ...  Nearly one-third of those who have lost the right to vote for life in Florida ...  Florida's felony disenfranchisement law traces its roots back to the racism of ...
Apr 25, 2018 ... That's a question that many states have grappled with in recent decades. ...  Nationwide, about 6 million Americans can't vote as a result of a felony conviction . ... under probation or parole supervision, and a quarter are still incarcerated.  Disenfranchisement disproportionately affects African-American voters.
Oct 6, 2016 ... As of 2016, an estimated 6.1 million people are disenfranchised due to a ...  Approximately 2.5 percent of the total U.S. voting age population – 1 of ... The  state of Florida alone accounts for more than a quarter (27 ..... to Florida's African  American population with prior felony convictions from 2005 onward.
Mar 21, 2014 ... “Of the approximately 6 million disfranchised citizens in the United States, one- quarter are Floridians,” said Desmond Meade, one of the event's ...
Dec 30, 2016 ... In the United States as a whole, 1.77 percent of whites and 7.66 percent of ...  Nationally, about 6 million individuals have lost the right to vote due to a felony ...  But an examination of the states adopting felony disenfranchisement laws ....  Only one quarter of Florida felons serve prison time; the others are not ...
Of the approximately 6 million disenfranchised felons in the United States, "one-quarter are Floridians."