Felons and the right to vote

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🗓️ 19 May 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity and Erika Wood of New York Law School debate whether voting rights should be restored for people with past criminal convictions. It’s time for another episode of “Ask Jeff”! Tweet us your questions using the hashtag #AskJeffNCC or go to bit.ly/askjeffncc to submit them anonymously. Questions are due Sunday, May 22 at 11:59pm ET. Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on our Facebook page and Twitter feed. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe to We the People on iTunes. While you’re in the iTunes Store, leave us a rating and review—it helps other people discover what we do. Please also subscribe to Live at America’s Town Hall, featuring conversations and debates presented at the Center, across from Independence Hall in beautiful Philadelphia. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out all of our sibling podcasts at iTunes.com/Panoply. Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit—we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit constitutioncenter.org to learn more. This show was engineered by David Stotz and produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Josh Waimberg and Danieli Evans. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen.

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0:00.0	Hello we the people listeners this is Nacondri Anachi your producer it's time for another
0:06.1	episode of Ask Jeff tweet Jeff your questions using the hashtag Ask Jeff NCC or go to BIT dot LY slash ask Jeff NCC to submit them anonymously.
0:20.9	That's bit dot LY slash Ask Jeff NCC all lowercase to submit them.
0:28.0	Questions are due by Sunday at midnight and we will record and publish next week. We look forward to hearing from you.
0:35.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome to
0:40.1	We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:43.6	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress
0:48.3	to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.
0:53.4	And on today's show, we explore the growing national debate about restoring voting rights to
0:58.6	felons.
0:59.8	On April 22nd, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe ordered the restoration of voting rights for more
1:05.1	than 200,000 Virginia residents with past criminal convictions.
1:09.9	The governor's order applies to all violent and nonviolent offenders who've served their full prison
1:15.2	sentence and completed parole or probation. Opponents have called a move a reckless abuse of executive
1:21.6	power motivated by partisan politics.
1:24.2	The Virginia Republican Party is expected to file a lawsuit challenging the order.
1:28.2	Joining us to parse this fascinating debate are two of America's leading experts on the issue.
1:33.8	Roger Clegg is President and General Council
1:36.4	of the Center for Equal Opportunity
1:39.1	and a returning friend of the podcast
1:40.7	and a new friend Erica Wood,
1:42.2	professor of law and director of the Voting Rights and Civic Participation Project at New York Law School.
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