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My Brother, Data, & the American Justice System
Kendra Clarke [email protected] most socials: itsclarkwithane
17 November 2016 Tech Innovation + Inclusion Summit: Washington, D.C.
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Let’s talk about voting.
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“Undoubtedly, the right of suffrage is a fundamental matter in a free and democratic society. Especially since the right to exercise the franchise in a free and unimpaired manner is preservative of other basic civil and political rights, any alleged infringement of the right of citizens to vote must be carefully and meticulously scrutinized…” Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
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Two states allow prisoners to vote
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Two states allow prisoners to vote, and there are over 1.5 million men & women
in prison who cannot1
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13 states allow ex-felons to vote after they’re released from prison
0 268,437
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4 states allow ex-felons to vote after they complete parole
0 268,437 364,884
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21 states will allow ex-felons to vote only after full sentence completion2
0 268,437 364,884
1,812,373
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6 states may allow ex-felons to vote after sentence completion—depending on
crime type/outcome of an individual petition
0 268,437 364,884
1,812,373 726,122
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4 states will allow ex-felons to vote only after sentence completion, years long
waiting periods, or never restore rights3
0 268,437 364,884
1,812,373 726,122
2,140,310
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0 268,437 364,884
1,812,373 726,122
+ 2,140,310 5,312,126*
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We average one Electoral College vote for every 499,415 citizens.
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Disenfranchised incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Americans would have nearly 11 Electoral College votes.
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Arizona Indiana Massachusetts or Tennessee
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MORE THAN: Alabama Alaska Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware Hawaii Idaho Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Utah Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
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Trump received 11,423 more votes than Hillary Clinton. 42,661 prisoners were barred from voting.
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So, what can we do?
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What can you do?
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Get curious. (And share it.)
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Get out the vote. (But differently.)
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Advocate for real change.
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Data itself is value neutral— it never hands you the answers. But data can be used to change minds and build solutions.