Please help share the news that many convicted felons can vote...eventually. Each state has different laws. Some can vote after they've completed the terms of their sentence. Our non profit, Peace and Justice of La Luz has shared this info with half-way houses, residential treatment centers and wherever we can.
The legal ability of people with felony convictions to vote varies from state to state. Some states allow felons to vote from prison while other states permanently ban felons from voting even after being released from prison, parole, and probation, and having paid all their fines.
The chart below provides links to each state's laws on felon voting and places each US state within one of five categories ranging from harshest (column A) to least restrictive (column E). For the 12 most restrictive states in column A more details have been provided, including applications for re-enfranchisement and clemency.
http://felonvoting.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=286
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