Disenfranchisement due to crime

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Many countries deprive those who have committed serious crimes of their right to vote, either during the time they are imprisoned, or even long after. But what justifies this deprivation? This chapter surveys countries that disenfranchise those who commit crimes and the justifications they present. Two justifications seem to stand out: first, that disenfranchisement is a form of punishment, and second, that disenfranchisement of criminals is a way of defining a certain kind of "community." By contrast, those countries that do not put restrictions on the right to vote on criminal offenders emphasize that according even those who have broken the law the right to vote is a matter of human dignity. Although the chapter presents a global survey, it also focuses on the particular dynamic of felon disenfranchisement in the United States.

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