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Felony disenfranchisement is a policy of taking away a person’s voting rights due to a prior felony crime conviction. Roughly 2 million people with felony convictions have regained the right to vote since the late ’90s in the U.S., but 13 states still have lifetime voting bans for people who have committed felonies.

✍️& 🎥: Katrina Pham & Chris Vazquez / The Marshall Project

Transcript:
CHRIS VAZQUEZ: Can people with felony convictions vote?

KATRINA PHAM 1: It depends on where in the U.S. you’re voting.

KATRINA 2: But 13 states still have lifetime voting bans for people who have committed felonies.

CHRIS 2: That’s called felony disenfranchisement.

KATRINA 1: It’s a policy of taking away a person’s voting rights…

KATRINA 2: …because of a prior felony conviction.

CHRIS: And what exactly is a felony?

KATRINA 1: A crime that’s usually punishable by up to a year in prison.

KATRINA 2: Specific crimes that count as felonies can vary by state, but it’s a long list.

DAJA E. HENRY: After the Civil War, White supremacists used felony disenfranchisement to suppress Black voters. A state representative at the time said so.

KATRINA 1: That’s why Mississippi’s constitution has a clause to take away the right to vote for people who’ve committed certain crimes.

KATRINA 2: Similar laws impact millions of people around the country.