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Currently forty-eight states enforce felon disenfranchisement laws, which prohibit individuals from voting based upon prior felony convictions. An estimated 5.3 million Americans are prevented from voting due to these restrictions. While in apparent contradiction with fundamental democratic values, the historical roots of felon disenfranchisement can be traced back to the Civil War. Over forty-...

The phenomenon and ethics of “voting” will be explored in the context human enhancements. “Voting” examined for enhanced humans with moderate extreme Existing patterns discrimination voting around globe could continue substantially “as is” those For enhancements, rights challenged if very humanity was doubt. Humans who were not also disenfranchised certain enhancements become prevalent. Voting ...

Observing electronic voting from an international point of view gives some perspective about its genesis and evolution. An analysis of the voting process through its cultural, ontological, legal and political dimensions explains the difficulty to normalize this process. It appears that international organizations are not capable to properly defend the fundamental rights of the citizens. The app...

The 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) fundamentally changed the distribution of electoral power in US South. We examine consequences this mass enfranchisement Black people for use carceral state—police, courts, and prison system. study extent to which white communities South responded end Jim Crow by increasing incarceration people. test with new historical data on state county intake race (~1940–19...

After the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder, voting rights activists proposed a variety of legislative responses. Some proposals sought to move beyond measures that targeted voting discrimination based on race or ethnicity. They instead sought to eliminate certain problematic practices that place too great a burden on voting generally. Responses like these are universalist, be...