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Partisan Politics, Electoral Design, and the 'Purity of the Ballot Box': Felon and Ex-Felon Disfranchisement Laws in the U.S., 1960-1999.
Unformatted Document Text:  Table 1. List of states and years when disfranchising provisions were repealed State Year Details of the change OR 1961 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed MO 1962 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed AR 1964 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed SD 1967 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees enfranchised) PA 1968 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees enfranchised) HI 1968 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees are enfranchised) LA 1968 Voting rights restored automatically for first-time offenders KS 1969 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers enfranchised) IL 1970 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed NC 1971 Voting rights automatically restored 2 years following completion of sentence ID 1972 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed FL 1973 Automatic restoration of voting rights for ex-felons who meet certain conditions IL 1973 Probationers and parolees are enfranchised MT 1973 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees enfranchised) NC 1973 Voting rights automatically restored (repeal of 2-year waiting period) ND 1973 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees enfranchised) NV 1973 Ex-felons can apply to parole board 5-year after the completion of sentence (previously disfranchised for life) NY 1973 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers enfranchised) RI 1973 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed CA 1974 Ex-felon disfranchisement and repealed (also probationers enfranchised) LA 1974 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed OH 1974 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees enfranchised) CT 1975 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed LA 1975 Probationers are enfranchised ME 1975 Incarcerated felons are enfranchised OR 1975 Probationers and parolees are enfranchised OK 1976 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed LA 1978 Parolees are enfranchised AZ 1978 Voting rights restored automatically for first-time offenders SC 1981 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed GA 1983 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed TX 1983 Voting rights restored automatically 2 years following completion of prison sentence WA 1984 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (post-1984 conviction only) AL 1986 Lifetime disfranchisement for crime involving “moral turpitude” repealed TN 1986 Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (post-1986 conviction only) TX 1997 Voting rights automatically restored (repeal of 2-year waiting period) NH 1998 Incarcerated felons are enfranchised 18

Authors: Yoshinaka, Antoine. and Grose, Christian.
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Table 1. List of states and years when disfranchising provisions were repealed
State
Year
Details of the change
OR
1961
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
MO
1962
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
AR
1964
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
SD
1967
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees
enfranchised)
PA
1968
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees
enfranchised)
HI
1968
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees are
enfranchised)
LA
1968
Voting rights restored automatically for first-time offenders
KS
1969
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers enfranchised)
IL
1970
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
NC
1971
Voting rights automatically restored 2 years following completion of sentence
ID
1972
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
FL
1973
Automatic restoration of voting rights for ex-felons who meet certain
conditions
IL
1973
Probationers and parolees are enfranchised
MT
1973
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees
enfranchised)
NC
1973
Voting rights automatically restored (repeal of 2-year waiting period)
ND
1973
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees
enfranchised)
NV
1973
Ex-felons can apply to parole board 5-year after the completion of sentence
(previously disfranchised for life)
NY
1973
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers enfranchised)
RI
1973
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
CA
1974
Ex-felon disfranchisement and repealed (also probationers enfranchised)
LA
1974
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
OH
1974
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees
enfranchised)
CT
1975
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
LA 1975
Probationers
are
enfranchised
ME
1975
Incarcerated felons are enfranchised
OR
1975
Probationers and parolees are enfranchised
OK
1976
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
LA
1978
Parolees are enfranchised
AZ
1978
Voting rights restored automatically for first-time offenders
SC
1981
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
GA
1983
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
TX
1983
Voting rights restored automatically 2 years following completion of prison
sentence
WA
1984
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (post-1984 conviction only)
AL
1986
Lifetime disfranchisement for crime involving “moral turpitude” repealed
TN
1986
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (post-1986 conviction only)
TX
1997
Voting rights automatically restored (repeal of 2-year waiting period)
NH 1998
Incarcerated
felons are enfranchised
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