Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy
by Jeff Manza
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5.4 million Americans-1 in every 40 voting age adults--are denied the right to participate in democratic elections because of a past or current felony conviction. In several American states, 1 in 4 black men cannot vote due to a felony conviction. In a country that prides itself on universal suffrage, how did the United States come to deny a voice to such a large percentage of its citizenry? What are the consequences of large-scale disenfranchisement--both for election outcomes, and for show more public policy more generally? ""Locked Out"" exposes one of the most important, yet little known, threats to show lessTags
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- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, Sociology
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- 324.6 — Society, government, & culture Political science Politics & Elections Suffrage, Voting Rights, Voting and Electoral Systems
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- JK1846 .M26 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (United States) Political institutions and public administration United States Political rights. Practical politics Suffrage
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