OVERVIEW,SUMMARY,THE VOTE,IMPACT,FELONY,DISENFRANCHISEMENT,LAWS,THE UNITED STATES,EXPANSION,SUFFRAGE,POPULATION,POLITICAL,ONCE,PRIVILEGE,WEALTHY,WHITE MEN,BASIC RIGHT,THE POOR,WORKING CLASSES,RACIAL MINORITIES,WOMEN,YOUNG,ADULTS,TODAY,MENTALLY COMPETENT,THE RIGHT,VOTE,EXCEPTION,CONVICTED,CRIMINAL,FORTY SIX,THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,DENY,IN PRISON,THIRTY TWO,ON PAROLE,TWENTY NINE,PROBATION,UNIQUE,IN THE WORLD,FOURTEEN,FULLY,SENTENCES,VOTING,SHOULD,CONCERN,DEMOCRACY,SCALE,CITIZENS,DISENFRANCHISED,ONE MILLION,PEOPLE,UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE,HARSH,CRIMINAL JUSTICE,POLICIES,NUMBER,SENT,PRISON,LENGTH,FALLING,CRIME RATE,RACIAL,PARTICULARLY,THIRTEEN,PERCENT,AFRICAN AMERICAN,MEN1,MILLIONARE,REPRESENTING,TOTAL,TWO STATES,DATA,SHOW,ALMOST,BLACK MEN,EIGHT,ONE IN FOUR,CURRENT,TRENDS,CONTINUE,RATE,REACH,THE U S,VESTIGE,MEDIEVAL TIMES,THE COMMUNITY,SUFFERED,CIVIL DEATH,EUROPE,COLONIES,SALIENCE,AT THE END,THE NINETEENTH CENTURY,WHITES,SOUTHERN,RACE,NEUTRAL,BLACKS,LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY,THE LAWS,LEGITIMATE,PURPOSE,INHERENT,NECESSARY,ASPECT,CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT,PROMOTE,SOCIETY,INDEED,DEFENDERS,HARD,PRESSED,JUSTIFY,CITE,INADEQUATE,GOAL,VOTER FRAUD,ANACHRONISTIC,POLITICALLY,OBJECTIVE,PURITY,BALLOT BOX,VOTERS,VIRTUE,NO OTHER,DEMOCRATIC,COUNTRY,DENIES,ABSOLUTE,PROPORTIONAL,RIGHT TO VOTE,CONVICTIONS,EXTENT,DISENFRANCHISEMENT IN,FACT,MINOR,OFFENDER,DRUGS,FACE,LIFETIME,THE FRANCHISE,SEEM,UNREASONABLE,RACIALLY,DISCRIMINATORY,VIOLATION,DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES,INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW,REPORT,FIFTY,STATE,SURVEY,THE KEY,STATISTICAL,FINDINGS,AMERICANS,PERMANENTLY,ABILITY TO VOTE,CONVICTION,PERSONS,CRIMINAL SENTENCE,PAROLE,THE BLACK,ADULT MALE,SEVEN,TIMES,THE NATIONAL,AVERAGE,ADULT,RATES,INCARCERATION,THE NEXT GENERATION OF,POINT,RESTRICTIVE,FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT IN,COLLATERAL,CIVIL,CONSEQUENCES,APART,PENAL SANCTIONS,IMPRISONMENT,SERVE,JURY,HOLD,PUBLIC OFFICE,CIVIL DISABILITIES,FEDERAL LAW,IMPOSE,CRIMINAL CONVICTION,STATE LAW,GOVERNS,THE CONVICTION,FEDERAL,RATHER,OFFENSE,HERITAGE,ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN,TRADITIONS,MEDIEVAL EUROPE,INFAMOUS,RIGHTS,CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY,EXPOSURE,INJURY,DEATH,THE OUTLAW,IMPUNITY,ANYONE,ENGLAND,DEBASE,CUT,BILLS OF ATTAINDER,PERSON,ATTAINED,SUBJECT TO,FORFEITURE,PROPERTY,STRIPPED,ABILITY,INHERIT,BEQUEATH,SUIT,PERFORM,LEGAL,FUNCTION,ENGLISH COLONISTS,CONCEPTS,WITH THEM,NORTH AMERICA,REJECTED,INHERITED,RETAINED,NINETEENTH CENTURY,NINETEEN,THE THIRTY,EXISTING,CONVICTED FELONS,THE ONLY,PEOPLE EXCLUDED FROM,LIMITED,THE NEW COUNTRY,AFRICAN AMERICANS,SIGNIFICANCE,THE CIVIL WAR,PASSAGE,FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE U S,CONSTITUTION,GAVE,OPPOSITION TO,BLACK SUFFRAGE,THE DECISION,LITERACY,POLL TAXES,GRANDFATHER CLAUSES,EXPLICIT INTENT,POSSIBLE,ABLE,CRIMINALS,EXISTED,IN THE SOUTH,PREVIOUSLY,INCREASE,THE EFFECT,BLACK,CRIMES,TRIGGERED,WRITTEN,COMMITTED,BELIEVED,COMMIT,EXAMPLE,SOUTH CAROLINA,THE NEGRO,PRONE,ADULTERY,ARSON,WIFE BEATING,HOUSEBREAKING,ATTEMPTED RAPE,MURDER,FIGHTING,THE WHITE,THE LIST,ALABAMA,OPENLY,WAS TO,WHITE,PROVISION,THE STATE,MORAL TURPITUDE,BASIS,TABLE,STATE BY STATE,BREAKDOWN,PROVISIONS,MAINE,MASSACHUSETTS,UTAH,VERMONT,DO NOT,CATEGORIES OF,ALASKA,ARIZONA,ARKANSAS,CALIFORNIA,COLORADO,CONNECTICUT,DELAWARE,DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,FLORIDA,GEORGIA,HAWAII,IDAHO,ILLINOIS,INDIANA,IOWA,KANSAS,KENTUCKY,LOUISIANA,MARYLAND,MICHIGAN,MINNESOTA,MISSISSIPPI,MISSOURI,MONTANA,NEBRASKA,NEVADA,NEW HAMPSHIRE,NEW JERSEY,NEW MEXICO,NEW YORK,NORTH,CAROLINA,NORTH DAKOTA,OHIO,OKLAHOMA,OREGON,PENNSYLVANIA,RHODE ISLAND,SOUTH DAKOTA,TENNESSEE,TEXAS,VIRGINIA,WASHINGTON,1984 WEST VIRGINIA,WISCONSIN,WYOMING,FELONS FOR LIFE,PRIOR,ADDITION,RESTORED,CRIME,FELON,NEVER,INCARCERATED,RAMIREZ,DENIED,IN CALIFORNIA,TWENTY,ROBBERY,EVEN THOUGH,MONTHS,JAIL,SANFORD,PLED,GUILTY,MISDEMEANOR,PASSING,CHECK,ANDREW SHAPIRO,ATTORNEY,POINTS,EIGHTEEN,FIRST TIME,GUILTY PLEA,LENIENT,SENTENCE,ALMOST ALL,TIMERS,WHETHER,SACRIFICE,FOREVER,FEDERAL JUDGE,HENRY,WINGATE,FATE,SEVERED,THE BODY POLITIC,CONDEMNED,CITIZENSHIP,VOICELESS,THE DISINHERITED,MUST,ELECT,LEADERS,GOVERNMENTAL,WHICH WILL,GOVERN,HIS FAMILY,IN THEORY,REGAIN,IN PRACTICE,PARDON,ORDER,THE GOVERNOR,THE EX,ACTION,PARDONS,BOARD,THE STEPS,MOREOVER,SEEK,THE FINANCIAL,RESOURCES,CONVICTS,EX CONVICT,EXECUTIVE ORDER,STATE LEGISLATOR,BILL,BEHALF,THIRDS,LEGISLATORS,SIGNED,PUNISHABLE,THE CRIME,NEED,CONNECTION,ELECTORAL,CLASSIFIED,SHOPLIFTING,POSSESSION,MODEST,AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA,SUFFICE,FOLLOW,THE DEPARTMENT OF,JUSTICE,PAID,CONSISTENT,ATTENTION,THE PLACE,SCHEME,LOSS,CIVIL RIGHTS,STATUTES,ADDRESS,DISABILITIES,GENERALLY,APPLY,FORCE,FEDERAL ONE,SIXTEEN STATES,CANNOT,PROCEDURE,METHOD,PRESIDENTIAL PARDON,VARIATION,NATIONAL,THE FEDERAL,STRUCTURE,DETERMINE,QUALIFICATIONS FOR,LOCAL,OFFICES,ELECTIONS,EXERCISE,THUS,ARBITRARY,ACCIDENTS,GEOGRAPHY,BURGLAR,THEFT,RELEASE,THE REST,UNLESS,COMMITS,IN STATE,NOTE,BACKGROUND,AMERICAN,SPRING,CRIMINALITY,HARV L REV,MATTHEW,ARGUMENT,CHANGE,SENIOR THESIS,PRESENTED,THE FACULTY,THE WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL,PUBLIC,INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS,PRINCETON UNIVERSITY,APRIL 8,ANDREW L SHAPIRO,THE VOTING RIG