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Stripping voting rights from felons is about politics, not punishment

  • Written by Austin Sarat, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
imageGerald Dent, left, is joined by James Featherstone and Niles Ringgold at a rally for felon voting rights, in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 10, 2020.Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In 2018 Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment ending the disenfranchisement of ex-convicts. Though it excluded people convicted of...

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