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In November 2020, a majority of Wisconsin voters approved a constitutional amendment that would give the state legislature the power to determine whether or not certain felons should have their right to vote restored after completing their sentence.
1 Φεβ 2024 · Thousands of federal inmates, who are disproportionately Black and Hispanic, became eligible on Thursday for reduced sentences, and in many cases immediate release from prison following a...
21 Μαρ 2023 · Nearly 4.6 million people in the U.S. were barred from voting due to a felony conviction in 2022. That includes more than 65,000 people in Wisconsin, according to The Sentencing Project, an advocacy and research group.
15 Οκτ 2021 · If those prisoners were counted as residents of those other states, the two feared, it could amount to Wisconsin’s nine seats in the U.S. House of Representatives dropping to eight. Nothing came...
31 Μαΐ 2024 · The short answer is no. But people with felony convictions can regain their right to vote after they've finished their sentence and are "off paper," according to the ACLU of Wisconsin....
Wisconsin, like many states, has historically counted prisoners for redistricting purposes at their location of incarceration instead of the community that they originated in.
28 Απρ 2024 · Recent state voter restoration reforms have led to a nearly 15% decline in the number of people disenfranchised since 2016, with over 4.4 million people disenfranchised in 2022. Some jurisdictions have even begun to address voting in prison.
