October 28, 2024 10:36 PM

US states push to end voting ban on Americans with felony records

As the U.S. braces for a fiercely competitive election, Checo Yancy has helped register 20,000 fellow formerly incarcerated individuals to vote, just a fraction of the people in his home state of Louisiana who have had their civil right restored. "It's taken on a special urgency. Everyone is trying to get every vote they can get," said Yancy, co-founder of the non-profit Voters Organized to Educate (VOTE). The number of people VOTE has registered represents a fifth of the formerly incarcerated...