U.S. Department of Justice

Documentary Disenfranchisement

Publication year: 2012 | Cataloged on: May. 01, 2012

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  • 025730

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  • 2012
  • 77 pages

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Thumbnail preview ANNOTATION: Documentary disenfranchisement is the “permanent enforcement of nominally temporary voting bans … accomplished through election officials’ demands for nonexistent eligibility documents from people with criminal convictions” (p. 391). Individuals working with ex-offenders that are under a temporary ban from voting should read this article to become acquainted with case law that may impact their clients. Sections of this article include: introduction; background—the standard picture of felony disenfranchisement; documentary disenfranchisement—if temporary bans become permanent; performative constitutionalism—how judges interpret the constitution; and epilogue—a story about legal practice and legal words.
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