The Sentencing Project Oregon voting rights testimony 2021

Porter Director of Advocacy The Sentencing Project In support of House Bill 2366, a Universal Suffrage Act Before the Oregon House Rules Committee March 9, 2021 Established in 1986, The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U. [...] The number of Oregonians disenfranchised from voting numbered 17, 874 according to The Sentencing Project’s Locked Out 2020: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights Due to a Felony Conviction. [...] And for the community at large, the challenges of reentry result in high rates of recidivism, extraction of social and political capital, and the consequent costs of a burgeoning prison system. [...] THE UNITED STATES IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL NORM The European Court of Human Rights and international courts in Australia, Canada, and Kenya affirmed the right of some or all prisoners to participate in the electoral process. [...] Disenfranchisement proponents sometimes raise the possibility of a prisoners’ “voting bloc” that would run counter to the interests of the “law-abiding public.” The assertion of such a scenario should be obvious.