American Center for Voting Rights [SEP] inception
American Center for Voting Rights
The American Center for Voting Rights (ACVR) was a non-profit organization founded by Mark F. "Thor" Hearne that operated from March 2005 to May 2007 and pushed for laws to reduce voter intimidation and voter fraud, and supported requiring photo ID for voters. 
ACVR was founded in Midlothian, Virginia, as "a non-partisan 501(c)(3) legal and education organization committed to defending the rights of voters and working to increase public confidence in the fairness and outcome of elections" and
voter population.
Felony Disenfranchisement By State.
See “Felony Disenfranchisement, Contemporary Practice By Country, United States”
Advocacy for Rights Restoration.
Several groups in the U.S. are active in the movement to restore voting rights to people with prior felony convictions, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Voting and Democracy, Prison Policy Initiative, Advancement Project, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, and the Sentencing Project.
Among these groups and others, core reasons for ending felony disenfranchisement and restoring voting rights to