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Felon Disenfranchisement: Law, History, Policy, And Politics, George Brooks
Felon Disenfranchisement: Law, History, Policy, And Politics, George Brooks
Fordham Urban Law Journal
George W. Bush became the forty-third President of the United States when he won the state of Florida by 537 votes in the 2000 election. Because the election was so close, hotly-contested, and divisive, aspects of our electoral system long relegated to dusty books suddenly became topics of water cooler conversation and cocktail party chatter. Some Democrats speculate that if the nearly 600,000 felons in Florida had been allowed to vote, Al Gore would have been elected President. Felon disenfranchisement has thus become a cause celèbre among liberals. There are approximately four million felons who cannot vote nationwide. They are …
Disenfranchisement Of The College Student Vote: When A Resident Is Not A Resident, Joseph A. Bollhofer
Disenfranchisement Of The College Student Vote: When A Resident Is Not A Resident, Joseph A. Bollhofer
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The standards used by state and local election officials to determine whether students may vote as residents of the communities in which they attend college vary significantly among the fifty states. Two fundamental rights conflict in determining whether college students should be entitled to vote as residents of their college communities: the right of students to equal protection of the laws and eh right of states to limit the right to vote to bona fide residents. This Comment demonstrates the need for the education of election officials and college students in the common law principles of domicile. Moreover, it will …