SOC-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Steven Lukes
25 Apr 2016
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Why should felons lose their right to vote: voting is a privilege that they"ve lost because they"ve shown they have bad judgment, the selectorate is decided by each state. Maine and vermont have no restrictions, even inmates vote. Others vary having different restrictions based on if someone is an inmate, on parole, on probation, or an ex-felon. Florida disenfranchises all felons even those convicted in 1930s who have completed their sentences. Disenfranchisement: 5. 6 million disenfranchised felons in the us, 2 million are african americans, jail inmates often awaiting trail are another 600,000. Who are the disenfranchised: 35% are ex-felons who have completed their sentence and all other aspects, 1/4 are currently serving time, 28% are felons on probation, 10% are on parole. Find these numbers by comparing felons to those who are the same (education level etc. ) except they don"t have a felony. General voter turn out is about 50% while felons would be about 30-40%
