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	Overview and Summary Losing the Vote: The Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States
		And, due to laws that may be unique in the world, in fourteen states even ex-offenders who have fully served their sentences remain barred for life from voting.
		Arizona and Maryland disenfranchise permanently those convicted of a second felony; and Tennessee and Washington disenfranchise permanently those convicted prior to 1986 and 1984, respectively.
		In Massachusetts, state legislators have passed a constitutional amendment to strip prisoners of their voting rights; it must be voted on again in 1999.
	www.hrw.org /reports98/vote/usvot98o.htm (2267 words)

	Poynter Online - Feedback
		I come to this column as an historian and logophile, disgusted with use of the word "disenfranchise." As my husband and I will soon teach a class on the importance of voter registration, I need the final word, as it were, on the franchise.
		An aged copy of the OED states that disenfranchise is substandard, while more recent editions (not to mention newspeople) use the word as a synonym of disfranchise.
		But I also became a journalist to ignore some of the more anal English grammar rules, such as the regulation against ever starting a sentence with the word "but." Still, I was disappointed that you only told the reader that "dived" was the more formal and that "dived" and "dove" could be used interchangeably.
	www.poynter.org /article_feedback/article_feedback_list.asp?id=43814 (850 words)

	The Devilfinder Search Engine - Finding Stuff Since 1979. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Disenfranchise Florida With the election bogged down in its political swamps,...
		In Ohio, efforts to disenfranchise minority voters were rampant and blatant, from the attempt to bar voter...
		Moreover, we have stacks of evidence of criminal conduct to disenfranchise voters in both the Florida and Tennessee elections.
	www.devilfinder.com /find.php?q=salon+%3A%3A+%3A%3A+politics+%3A%3A+feature+%3A%3A+Disenfranchise+Florida%2C+By+... (4794 words)

	PSA Bibliography - For Social Cause Advertising (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		To be effective against such enormous consumer franchises as the illegal drug trade, we have to start viewing it as a "product," like a giant bar of soap out of control.
		I believe the long-term value of a disenfranchise marketing direction (franchise building in reverse), both in planning and execution will realize more significant gains against objectives, i.e.
		Even the dynamic and dramatic advertising produced by the Partnership for a Drug Free America is hard put to reach its maximum effectiveness working in a limited media environment.
	www.psaresearch.com /bib4101.html (397 words)

	PubliusTX - Those Silly Dems
		John Whitmire, D-Houston, called the Senate vote an "illegal act" that attempts to "disenfranchise" each boycotting senator's constituents.
		"Disenfranchise" has become one of the least meaningful terms in American politics (right up there with neoconservative).
		I've written elsewhere (in connection with the Texas Dems claims about Republican redistricting attempts) that "disenfranchise" has become one of the least meaningful terms in American politics (ri...
	www.publiustx.net /index.php?itemid=196#com437 (334 words)

	Weekly Trust - INEC’s method will disenfranchise Nigerians -ANPP national secretary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		We support voters’ registration because if you don’t do that, you will disenfranchise about 20 per cent of our vibrant population if we have to use the old voters’ register.
		So we looked at all these things and said that INEC must show every sign of sincerity and commitment by doing what is right so that we don’t disenfranchise the people we intend to register.
		Because that is the only instrument they have in their hands to put in government people they believe will serve them and be able to sack people they believe have not served them well.
	www.weeklytrust.com /anpp12072002.htm (1521 words)

	Wansdyke Conservatives - News - Conservative MEP slams Spain for move that could disenfranchise UK voters
		Spain is taking the UK to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) today in a move that could disenfranchise one million voters in Britain, Conservative MEP Neil Parish said today.
		But it could potentially disenfranchise a million people living in the UK.
		The principle of being able to decide for ourselves the way we conduct elections is a principle worth fighting for.
	www.wansdyke.org.uk /page/3/283 (340 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		The case was tried on a claim, inter alia, that the misdemeanors encompassed within 182 were intentionally adopted to disenfranchise fls on account of race and that their inclusion in 182 has had the intended effect.
		The case proceeded to trial on two causes of action, including a claim that the misdemeanors encompassed within 182 were intentionally adopted to disenfranchise fls on account of their race and that their inclusion in 182 has had the intended effect.
		In their brief to this Court, appellants maintain on the basis of their expert's testimony that the real purpose behind 182 was to disenfranchise poor whites as well as fls.
	caselaw.findlaw.com /cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=471&invol=222 (3470 words)

	GOP racist pushing to disenfranchise black Gerogia voters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The chief sponsor of Georgia's voter identification law told the Justice Department that if fl people in her district "are not paid to vote, they don't go to the polls," and that if fewer fls vote as a result of the new law, it is only because it would end such voting fraud.
		The newly released Justice Department memo quoting state Rep. Sue Burmeister (R-Augusta) was prepared by department lawyers as the federal government considered whether to approve the new law.
		It also says that despite Republican assurances the law would not disenfranchise elderly, poor and fl voters, Susan Laccetti Meyers, the staff adviser for the Georgia House of Representatives, told the Justice Department "the Legislature did not conduct any statistical analysis of the effect of the photo ID requirement on minority voters."
	www.thoughtcrimes.org /s9/index.php?/archives/173-GOP-racist-pushing-to-disenfranchise-black-Gerogia-voters.html (469 words)

	Half the Sins of Mankind
		Apropos of a Curmudgeonly discussion, I'm curious as to why no one at the Constitutional Convention proposed counting people for representation purposes by the number of eligible voters.
		If they're terribly cynical, voters have an incentive to disenfranchise minorities such as felons, because then the non-felon majority gets to keep the same number of representatives and gets to have their vote count "more." Theoretically the felons could move to states that would let them vote, but their probation officers might object.
		Also, if a state began to experience an influx of felons, it in turn would have an incentive to become less forgiving and to disenfranchise as well -- sort of a "race to the bottom" in felons' rights, similar to what happened in welfare benefits.
	bertrandrussell.blogspot.com /2004/07/taxation-representation-and-incentive.html (377 words)

	Blogs for Bush: The White House Of The Blogosphere: Democrats Secret Plan to Disenfranchise The Military? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With Pennsylvania as close as it is, I highly doubt the Democrats are willing to gamble on "a theoretically tiny universe of people" that overwhelmingly supports Bush.
		In reading your article information on the Pennsylvania ballot and the Democrats' possible plan to disenfranchise the military vote hits us also.
		We are residents of Pennsylvania, spending the winter months in Nevada, and had applied for absentee ballots since we are not presently in the state and will not be there on election day.
	www.blogsforbush.com /mt/archives/002537.html (978 words)

	People's Weekly World - Haitian regime aiming to disenfranchise poor
		With five months to go before elections are held in Haiti, its Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is planning to disenfranchise many voters by refusing to register residents in poorer neighborhoods.
		CEP President Max Mathurin announced that the council will not set up voter registration offices in the so-called “popular neighborhoods” through the country — hotbeds of support for the Lavalas Party of deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide — where much of the population resides.
		Lavalas, the nation’s largest party, refuses to take part in the elections because of the continuing state-led repression directed against it.
	www.pww.org /article/articleview/7196/1/273 (502 words)

	0.5.6: Restrictions On Transfer - Encyclopedia - Library - VC Experts
		An entirely different set of considerations is involved in attempts by management of besieged public companies to impose
		ex post facto restrictions on publicly held shares so as to disenfranchise intruders.
		With the various changes recently enacted into law, it is becoming apparent to the planners of an early-stage enterprise that control of the number and nature of shareholders is a matter of cardinal importance.
	vcexperts.com /vce/library/encyclopedia/documents_view.asp?document_id=48 (953 words)

	The Use of Technology Can Empower or Disenfranchise Entire Societies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On the other end of the spectrum a technological boom in one developing country was used to promote the rise of a totalitarian government, the loss of human rights and the disenfranchisement of an entire society.
		This extreme example is given to reiterate the point that technology itself does not empower or disenfranchise people.
		It is the decisions made by governments, businesses and communities on how technology is utilized that empower or disenfranchise people.
	mason.gmu.edu /~jmohler/page2a.html (379 words)

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	Jed Babbin on the Military and Voting Rights on National Review Online
		The same Democrats who so often and so loudly protest any real or imagined threat to a minority's right to vote had desperately worked to disenfranchise a minority group thought to be friendly to the other side.
		With the presidential election hanging by a loose chad in Palm Beach County, Florida, Dems launched their campaign to disenfranchise military absentee voters.
		The memo instructing Democratic election canvassers on the best means to do so — authored by lawyer Mark Herron — fell into the hands of a Republican worker, and the Drudge Report promptly published it.
	www.nationalreview.com /babbin/babbin200408190823.asp (1218 words)

	Alphecca: Comment on Democrats Disenfranchise Voters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Wrapping themselves in the flag and pretending to be the great advocates of democracy, a peek under that chipped veneer of the Republican party quickly shows their true colors.
		Not only have they consistently made attempt after attempt to disenfranchise select groups of voters (usually fl, as in Florida and Detroit, or Native Americans, as in South Dakota), but they also have blocked all attempts to bring bills to the floor to guarantee voting integrity with paper trails.
		Add to that their barely transparent support of clearly antidemocratic coups (Venezuela and Haiti spring readily to mind) and their obvious intention to subvert true democracy in Iraq (knowing that the Shiites would triumph).
	www.tarazet.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=430 (265 words)

	Locke tries to disenfranchise R-53 voters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The second is the idea of asking a court to deny certification of election results; this is unprecedented and essentially tells voters their vote didn't count.
		Never, in Washington or any other state, has there been an attempt to disenfranchise voters (and never has the charge been led by the voters' own governor).
		The right to vote is a fundamental right under the U.S. and Washington constitutions.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /opinion/105047_benton21.shtml (825 words)

	GreenvilleOnline.com - NAACP: Election changes will confuse, disenfranchise voters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The leader of the Greenville County NAACP said changes in county voting precincts will disenfranchise minority voters and he called for the resignation of Election Commission Director Conway Belangia.
		"This mistake is another example of the Election Commission's late and confusing efforts to disenfranchise voters in Greenville County," Guy said.
		Belangia said the address of the polling place remains the same, and there will be "vote here" signs posted at the church on Election Day.
	greenvilleonline.com /news/2004/10/26/2004102651724.htm (885 words)

	Republicans Move to Disenfranchise Non-Republican Voters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		You might be thinking that this is an anomaly that would eventually be resolved and you would be right.
		But the Republicans who crafted this clever legislation don't need it to work forever—just this year, so they can disenfranchise enough Democrats to insure that the presidential election isn't so close that the Supreme Court will have to get involved again to award the presidency to George W. Bush.
		I have to wonder where else the Republican analysts have studied the voting profiles and found ways to exclude whole traditionally Democrat leaning groups from voting.
	home.earthlink.net /~exodus22/essays/voters.htm (813 words)

	"); NewWindow.document.write("IRINnews"); NewWindow.document.write(" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		"I do not see how people can say the requirement of a proof of residence disenfranchises prospective voters - people should just take the necessary documentation to the inspection centres if they are genuine residents who pay rates.
		The allegation that ZANU-PF councillors and traditional leaders are refusing to issue the necessary documentation to suspected MDC [Movement for Democratic Change] supporters is news to me. It will be investigated, but I have not come across any such complaints during my tour of inspection centres in the rural areas," said Chinamasa.
		IRIN is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=45265&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZIMBABWE (825 words)

	Domenici acknowledges New Mexico voter ID requirement
		This comes as several New Mexico judges have heard arguments from Republicans who contend that state law requires all first-time voters who didn't register in person with a county clerk to show an ID at the polls.
		"argue that would disenfranchise voters by making it difficult to vote" No it would make it difficult to vote early, vote often, and vote if not eligible, all of which would hurt the Democrats.
		Loretta Sanchez is in the House because of illegal aliens voting in her district.
	www.freenewmexican.com /news/4564.html (1065 words)

	WisPolitics.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		“Instead of trying to disenfranchise legitimate voters, we need to clean up our election process so only valid votes are counted.
		Democrats believe in tougher identification at the polls to prevent fraud, but not punitive restrictions that would disenfranchise individuals who have a constitutional right to vote.
		Republicans should be focused on working with the Governor to put those reforms in place, instead of attempting to construct new obstacles to voting.”
	www.wispolitics.com /index.iml?Article=38735 (320 words)

	The Use of Technology Can Empower or Disenfranchise Social and Ethnic Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It may also disenfranchise and imprison humans if used incorrectly.
		The decisions made by governments, businesses and communities about how technology is produced and used influence the world.
		Current technology education issues will be discussed and the problem of how to provide equal access of computer technology will be addressed.
	mason.gmu.edu /~jmohler/page1.html (490 words)

	Local elections will disenfranchise students: FF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Local elections will disenfranchise students: FF Thursday, 01 December 2005
		The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) says if the municipal election is held on December 7 - the planning date pencilled in by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) - it will effectively disenfranchise thousands of tertiary education students, because they will be on holiday at the time.
		FF + leader Pieter Mulder said in a statement that the party would "do everything" within its power to prevent the elections from taking place in December again - "as was the case in 2000" when the last municipal elections were held.
	www.sundaytimes.co.za /zones/sundaytimesNEW/newsst/newsst1115182175.aspx (530 words)

	Prison Index - Section 2 Incarceration and Its Consequences
		Number of states that disenfranchise prisoners convicted of a felony399: 48
		Percent of states in 2000 that disenfranchise some or all of their convicted felons405: 96%
		Number of states that disenfranchise more than 5% of their adult population407: 6
	www.prisonpolicy.org /prisonindex/disenfranchisement.shtml (728 words)

	DR Nyheder Online - English - DPP to disenfranchise immigrants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The anti-immigrant Danish People's Party wishes to deprive some 200,000 immigrants of their voting rights in order to stop the Social Liberals from becoming too dominant in some cities.
		Immigrants from outside the European Union or the Nordic countries have the right to vote in local elections when they have lived in Denmark for three years or more.
		It is these 200,000 immigrants that the DPP wishes to disenfranchise in order to prevent the Social Liberals from gaining even more votes in the coming local election.
	www.dr.dk /nyheder/fremmedsprog/English/article.jhtml?articleID=256536 (242 words)

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