Felon Voting Disenfranchisement

This semester I was fortunate enough to be named a Fleischaker-Greene Scholar. This opportunity afforded me the ability to learn about our nation’s democracy (or lack thereof) and contribute visuals to humanize issues that are affecting our democracy. The group I worked with identified felon voting disefranchisement as a major issue in not only American government but also Kentucky’s elections. 

My role in the project was to find felons that were interested in talking with me about their ability to vote and how the charge has affected their life. I was able to talk with three different individuals that all agreed that voting was very important in their household growing up and they long for the right to continue the tradition. Here is Jeff, a Tennessee native living in a halfway house who doesn’t blame his parents anymore for his actions.