The bipartisan effort to untangle the two rights has cleared early hurdles, but several remain. The bill faces some GOP skepticism. Tennessee residents convicted of felonies can apply to vote again ...

Americans are increasingly living in a nation divided, where how easy it is to vote depends on where they happen to live. We ...

A mistake Rynn Young made decades ago, when he was just a teenager, cost him the right to vote. Twenty-one years after his drug possession conviction, he got his ballot back when newly elected ...

CHICAGO — In most states, it is common practice to strip convicted felons of their voting rights while they serve their sentences. In some cases, the right to vote can be rescinded permanently. But ...

Desmond Meade was recalling to a church congregation in Apopka, Florida, earlier this month a dark time in his life. "Not too long ago, I was standing in front of the railroad tracks, waiting for a ...

Virginia is one of just a few states where only the governor can restore voting rights for people with felony convictions.

Carroll and fellow analyst Alton Dillard recently told Colorado Matters Host Chandra Thomas Whitfield in a panel discussion ...

In what some will surely call “executive advocacy” (or abuse), the governor of Virginia will sign a staggering number of individual clemency grants to restore the voting rights of thousands of ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday regarding the restoration of voting rights to convicted felons in the state upon their release from prison. Last year, Minnesota passed a law ...