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State Disenfranchisement Laws

State laws that restrict the voting rights of individuals with felony convictions.

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Jan 8, 2026
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Can a felon become president of the United States ?

The U.S. Constitution sets only three formal qualifications for the presidency—natural-born citizenship, at least 35 years of age, and 14 years’ residency—which do not mention criminal convictions, so...

Feb 2, 2026

How could convictions in these cases affect Trump's eligibility to run for or hold public office?

A criminal conviction alone does not, under ’s text, disqualify a person from running for or serving as President; the Constitution requires only age, natural‑born citizenship and residency for presid...

Jan 24, 2026

How does the Voting Rights Act of 1965 address felony disenfranchisement?

The (VRA) was designed to eliminate racially discriminatory devices that blocked minority voting access—literacy tests, poll taxes and the like—and to give tools to police discriminatory election rule...

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