Question

Prevelance of Democracy

Answer 1

Democracy Imprisoned: a Review of the Prevalence and Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States," documents the impact of felon disenfranchise laws and how they violate Articles 25 and 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which the United States ratified in 1992. The report, which was submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Committee, was co-authored with the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Hip Hop Caucus, and the Sentencing Project.