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Throughout much of the latter part of the 1900s, America was engaged in a struggle to ensure equal voting rights for all Americans

The Sentencing Project estimates that 4.7 million Americans, or one in 43 adults, have currently or permanently lost their voting rights as the result of a felony conviction. There are more than 1.4 million black men, or 13 percent of black men, who are disenfranchised. More than 500,000 U.S. veterans and an estimated 676,000 women are ineligible to vote due to felony convictions.

question is akin to: "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Did exercising the right to vote lead to greater civic involvement and the successful reintegration of an individual into his or her community? Or did the successful reintegration of an individual lead him or her to exercise the right to vote? Thus, in pursuing this issue with policy-makers, proponents are left simply to rely upon the philosophical argument that following the completion of a sentence, an individual convicted of a felony should regain all the rights of citizenship, including the right to vote.

. In a resolution adopted by ACA's Delegate Assembly in January 2001, it was resolved that the Association would advocate "for the restoration of voting rights upon completion of the offender's sentence, including community supervision."

the issue of felon disenfranchisement will be debated. While there is strong opposition to federal legislation on this issue in some circles, there is equally strong support in others. Nevertheless, when presented in its simplest form, the argument that all Americans deserve the basic rights of citizenship, including the right to actively participate in their government with their vote, is a difficult one to oppose.

The Second Chance Act of 2004, which is designed to study and provide assistance to states and localities in overcoming the barriers to re-entry, was introduced in June. Provisions relating to the restoration of voting rights were not included.


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