who choose not to support the bill cannot talk about freedom around the world if they don’t deal with making every vote count in the United States.”
Categories of Felons Who Cannot Vote
(States with most disenfranchised black male felons)
| STATE |
PRISONERS |
PROBATIONERS |
PAROLEES |
EX-FELONS |
TOTAL BLACK MALE DISENFRANCHISED FELONS |
| Alabama |
– |
– |
– |
certain offenses |
105,000 |
| California |
– |
 |
– |
 |
69,500 |
| Florida |
– |
– |
– |
– |
-204,600 |
| Georgia |
– |
– |
– |
 |
66,400 |
| Illinois |
– |
 |
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 |
24,100 |
| Maryland |
– |
– |
– |
for 3 years/2nd felony |
67,900 |
| Michigan |
– |
 |
 |
 |
22,700 |
| Mississippi |
– |
– |
– |
certain offenses |
81,700 |
| Missouri |
– |
– |
– |
 |
20,100 |
| New Jersey |
– |
– |
– |
 |
65,200 |
| New York |
– |
 |
– |
 |
62,700 |
| North Carolina |
– |
– |
– |
 |
46,900 |
| Ohio |
– |
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 |
23,800 |
| South Carolina |
– |
– |
– |
 |
26,100 |
| Tennessee |
– |
– |
– |
convicted post-1981 |
38,300 |
| Texas |
– |
– |
– |
 |
156,600 |
| Virginia |
– |
– |
– |
– |
110,000 |
| U.S. Total |
49 |
31 |
36 |
13* |
1,367,100 |
* INCLUDES STATES WITH PARTIAL RESTRICTIONS; SOURCE: THE SENTENCING PROJECT