Racial Minorities are disproportionally represented in the felon population
In Virginia, Kentucky and Florida, felon
disenfranchisement affects a staggering one in five African- Americans out of
the whole population.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Rutgers Law School Constitutional Litigation Clinic stated in a September 14, 2006 press release on racial discrimination, "Of the approximately 100,000 parolees and probationers subject to the state's felon-disfranchisement law, more than 60 percent are African American or Latino, which the ACLU and Rutgers say is in large measure a consequence of racial profiling in the criminal justice system. As a result, the political power of the African American and Latino communities in New Jersey is diluted because they are disproportionately excluded from voting" (ACLU). This is the case for all states that have laws of disenfranchisement for felons.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Rutgers Law School Constitutional Litigation Clinic stated in a September 14, 2006 press release on racial discrimination, "Of the approximately 100,000 parolees and probationers subject to the state's felon-disfranchisement law, more than 60 percent are African American or Latino, which the ACLU and Rutgers say is in large measure a consequence of racial profiling in the criminal justice system. As a result, the political power of the African American and Latino communities in New Jersey is diluted because they are disproportionately excluded from voting" (ACLU). This is the case for all states that have laws of disenfranchisement for felons.