Disfranchisement in United States
Disfranchisement Definition
The act of depriving a member of a corporation of his right as such, by expulsion. 1 Bouv. Inst, note 192. It differs from amotion (g. v.), which is applicable to the removal of an officer from office, leaving him his rights as a member. Willcock, Corp. note 708; Angell & A. Corp. 237. And see “Expulsion.” Also to deprive of the power of exercising the rights of citizenship, such as voting or holding office.
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The act of depriving a member of a corporation of his right as such, by expulsion. 1 Bouv. Inst, note 192. It differs from amotion (g. v.), which is applicable to the removal of an officer from office, leaving him his rights as a member. Willcock, Corp. note 708; Angell & A. Corp. 237. And see “Expulsion.” Also to deprive of the power of exercising the rights of citizenship, such as voting or holding office.
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See Also
Poll Tax ; Suffrage ; Voting.
Further Reading (Books)
Keyssar, Alexander. The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States. New York: Basic Books, 2000.
Kousser, J. Morgan. Colorblind Injustice: Minority Voting Rights and the Undoing of the Second Reconstruction. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
Perman, Michael. Struggle for Mastery: Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001.
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Further Reading (Articles)
Struggle for Mastery: Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography; October 1, 2001; Hackney, Sheldon
The Disfranchisement Myth: Poor Whites and Suffrage Restriction in Alabama, The Arkansas Historical Quarterly; April 1, 2005; Hild, Matthew
Right to Vote Denied to More Than 5 Million Americans; Felony Disfranchisement Laws Keep Many Voting Age Citizens Locked Out of Democracy., AScribe Law News Service; October 24, 2006
Making Race, Making Power: North Carolina’s Road to Disfranchisement, The Journal of Southern History; November 1, 2004; Perman, Michael
Free the Vote, End Felon Disfranchisement, Precinct Reporter; December 8, 2005; Haygood, Ryan P.
SETTLEMENT REACHED AFTER ACLU CHALLENGED ILLEGAL DISFRANCHISEMENT., States News Service; May 26, 2010
Another Look at Disfranchisement in Arkansas, 1888-1894, The Arkansas Historical Quarterly; October 1, 2010; Branam, Chris M.
The Voting Rights Act: disfranchisement, dilution, and alternative election systems. (Election Systems and Representative Democracy), PS: Political Science & Politics; December 1, 1994; Engstrom, Richard L.
ACLU Informs Clemency Board: Felon Disfranchisement Violates International Human Rights Agreement, States News Service; January 24, 2013
ACLU CHALLENGES ILLEGAL DISFRANCHISEMENT OF AMERICAN INDIAN VOTERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA., States News Service; February 8, 2010
Feldman, Glenn. The Disfranchisement Myth: Poor Whites and Suffrage Restriction in Alabama.(The Disfranchisement Myth: Poor Whites and Suffrage Restriction in Alabama)(Book Review), International Social Science Review; September 22, 2005; Friedman, Barry D.
Rights groups steadfast in challenge to NYS felon disfranchisement laws, The New York Beacon; June 30, 2004
Defying Disfranchisement: Black Voting Rights Activism in the Jim Crow South, 1890-1908, The Journal of Southern History; November 1, 2011; Wang, Xi
Like 2000, 2004 Raises Issue of Disfranchisement, Voter Fraud, Washington Informer; November 10, 2004; Sherry, Vincent
Federal Appellate Court Strikes Blow Against Washington State’s Felon Disfranchisement in Landmark Voting Rights Case., Politics & Government Week; January 21, 2010
ACLU CHALLENGES ILLEGAL VOTER DISFRANCHISEMENT IN GEORGIA., States News Service; September 29, 2009
The Franchising of the Armenian Church is Disfranchisement of Its, The Armenian Reporter; September 9, 1995; Joseph Vosbikian
NAACP LDF Report Highlights Impact of Felon Disfranchisement Laws., Politics & Government Week; May 6, 2010
ACLU Representatives Testified before Committee, Call on State of Florida to Reverse Course and End Disfranchisement of Approximately 1.5 Million Citizens, States News Service; March 27, 2014
National Voting Rights and Election Policy Group Responds to Carter-Baker Commission Report: ‘No Silver Lining Here; Deeply Flawed Recommendations on Voter ID, Felony Disfranchisement and Others Overshadow Few Sound Policy Proposals’., AScribe Law News Service; September 20,
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