Show-Me Felon Disenfranchisement?!?

There's an easy solution for social justice concern about convicts & ballot access . . .

Avoid felony crime in order to keep voting rights.

Meanwhile, this election season report seems to absolve felons of any wrongdoing and focuses blame solely on law enforcement consequences . . . Check-it:

Missourians in prison or under court supervision — probation or parole — cannot cast ballots. The report shows 79,479 Missourians of voting age cannot vote because of felony convictions, which includes over 53,000 people on felony probation or parole.

Experts say with so many people on felony probation or parole, it has heavy consequences for communities of color because it could affect political representation.

“Sometimes people think about disenfranchisement as something that is not consequential, or maybe not as consequential as some other barriers that people who are formerly criminalized face like housing or employment, which are obviously really critical things,” said Marisa Omori, associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. “But I also think it's not without consequence, right? These things have very real consequences for elections.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Missouri is disenfranchising Black voters at double the rate, with 'real consequences for elections'

A new report estimates that 1.7% of Missourians over 18 can't vote because they have felony convictions. That rate is more than twice as high for Black Missourians, who are also disproportionately incarcerated.

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