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America's Disenfranchised: Why Restoring Their Vote Can Save the Soul of Our Democracy (Brown Democracy Medal) by Desmond Meade; Penn State University is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Lawrence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world. Voting is foundational in a democracy, yet over six million American citizens remain stripped of their ability to participate in elections. Once convicted of a felony, people who complete their sentences reenter society, but no longer with the civil rights they once had. They may return to school, secure employment to provide for their families, and become law-abiding, tax-paying citizens—sometimes for decades—and still be denied the voting rights afforded to every other citizen. Desmond Meade, director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition and a returning citizen himself, played an instrumental role in the landslide 2018 Amendment 4 victory in Florida, which used the ballot box to restore voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians with a previous felony conviction. Meade argues how, state by state, America can do better. His efforts in Florida present a compelling argument that creating access to democracy for those liv

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Author

Desmond Meade; Penn State University

Publisher

Cornell Selects, an imprint of Cornell University Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501763755

Category

nonfiction