Voting Rights

The suit argues that Gov. Glenn Youngkin's process for restoring the voting rights of people with felony convictions should be declared unconstitutional

Over 50% of Cook County jail’s registered voters cast ballots, which is more than registered voters citywide

Advocates say problems exists because of mistakes over eligibility and difficulties that detainees and prisoners face in registering or voting

Only two other states – Maine and Vermont – and Washington, D.C., allow convicted people to vote while still incarcerated

the Senate approved the "Restore the Vote" bill less than a week after the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the state's current restrictions

Majority of justices found no evidence that the drafters of the Constitution intended to restore voting rights upon a felon’s release from prison

California would join Maine and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia, as the only states where felons never lose their right to vote

Roughly 55,000 more people would now be allowed to vote, based on estimates

More than 20,000 people stand to regain their voting rights when the law takes effect next year

Voter rights advocates submitted the 46-page class action complaint, arguing the state's current process is "unequal, inaccessible, opaque and error-ridden"

Leaders with the Voting Access for All Coalition hope to reach 5,000 jailed voters across the state

A report found that most of the three-quarters of a million people held in U.S. jails have the right to vote, but many of them are unable to