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"Locked Out 2024: Four Million Denied Voting Rights Due to a Felony Conviction," by Christopher Uggen, Ryan Larson, Sarah Shannon, Robert Stewart and Molly Hauf, The Sentencing Project, October 10, 2024
"Many people in jail have the right to vote. So do many felons," by Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, October 09, 2024
"Paxton’s election fraud charges upend lives but result in few convictions," by Arelis R. Hernández and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, September 02, 2024
"Latino Civil Rights Group Demands Inquiry Into Texas Voter Fraud Raids," by Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, August 25, 2024
"Texas to reconsider case of Black woman sentenced to five years for trying to vote," by Sam Levine, The Guardian, August 21, 2024
"How Some States Are Making It Harder to Register Voters," by Michael Wines, The New York Times, July 26, 2024
"Alabama, civic groups spar over law restricting assistance with absentee ballot applications," by Kim Chandler, Associated Press, July 31, 2024
"U.S. Appeals Court stops felon voter restoration change from going through," by Adam Friedman, Tennessee Lookout, July 01, 2024
"Kansas Supreme Court finds law on impersonating election officials to be overbroad," by Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News Service, May 31, 2024
"A felony conviction should not come with a life sentence on voting rights," by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2024
"Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws," by Aaron Mendelson and Ashley Lopez, NPR, May 16, 2024
"Groups ask court to block bill criminalizing absentee ballot assistance," by Jacob Holmes, Alabama Political Reporter, May 06, 2024
"How a court ruling could change voting rights for former felons in Tennessee," by Ellen Gerst, Chattanooga Times Free Press, April 26, 2024
"Texas prosecutor appeals ruling that tossed Crystal Mason’s voting fraud conviction," by Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, April 25, 2024
"Alabama sued over new law criminalizing voter assistance," by Gabriel Tynes, Courthouse News Service, April 04, 2024
