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The Vanishing Black Electorate: Felony Disenfranchisement in Atlanta, Georgia

The Vanishing Black Electorate: Felony Disenfranchisement in Atlanta, Georgia

The Sentencing Project (Washington, DC)

Published 2004. 24 pages.

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The impact of disenfranchisement on communities at the local level and on actual registration rates is examined. Sections of this report are: introduction; the expanding criminal justice system and felony disenfranchisement; the localized impact of felony disenfranchisement; disenfranchisement in Atlanta and Georgia; drug policies and disenfranchisement; neighborhood disenfranchisement in Atlanta; the implications of felony disenfranchisement; policy implications; recommendation; methodology; and a chart regarding categories of felons disenfranchised under state law by state. Accession Number: 020001

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