ex-felon Archive

  • Over 12,000 New Yorkers are released from prison each year and many of them wrongly assume that a felony conviction prohibits them from voting, according to the NYCLU.  To address the problem various advocacy groups throughout the city have held voter registration drives aimed at former felons.

    Voting as rehabilitation for ex-felon

    Over 12,000 New Yorkers are released from prison each year and many of them wrongly assume that a felony conviction prohibits them from voting, according to the NYCLU. To address the problem various advocacy groups throughout the city have held voter registration drives aimed at former felons.

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