Locking Out Ex-cons 4 million Americans who have completed prison sentences are ineligible to vote. 38 percent of disenfranchised voters are African American. 13 percent of African American men cannot vote due to criminal records, a rate 7 times the national average. The United States and Belgium are the only democracies that disenfranchise citizens for lengthy or indefinite periods after completing prison sentences. To regain their voting rights, released felons in Iowa must provide the address of the judge who convicted them and a credit report showing they have paid off their court costs. “They make the process just about impossible,” said a 40-year old ex-con who’d stolen a soda machine as a teen.

unidentified lying objects Between 2000 and 2010, there were: 649 million votes cast in general elections 47,000 UFO sightings 441 Americans killed by lightning 13 credible cases of in-person voter impersonation

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