{"id":10713,"date":"2020-10-02T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/?p=10713"},"modified":"2020-10-02T12:00:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T16:00:31","slug":"jail-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/02\/jail-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"New 50-state report from Prison Policy Initiative and Rainbow PUSH Coalition provides a roadmap to normalizing voting from jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nThis morning, the Prison Policy Initiative and the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.\u2019s Rainbow PUSH Coalition released Eligible, but Excluded,<\/a> <\/i>a roadmap to expanding voting access for people incarcerated in local jails who are already eligible to vote. <\/b>The report explains – via a 50-state table and flowchart – that most of the 746,000 people in local jails retain the right to vote. <\/b>The report then details the logistical barriers that prevent these voters from casting ballots, and strategies for bringing these barriers down.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThousands of people in jails across America retain the right to vote, but they are denied that right in every election,\u201d Reverend Jackson said. \u201cMany of these voters are being held simply because they are poor and can\u2019t make bail. This form of voter suppression is a truly heinous form of social injustice and civic indignity.<\/b> This report provides the data that will help us fight back against this injustice. And fight we will!\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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\nThe report provides an in-depth explanation of the most common issues preventing people in jail from voting, including:\n<\/p>\n