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[creaghpatr]

1 out of every 40 Americans are convicted felons?

Edit: 1 out of 40 Americans are disenfranchised due to being a convicted felon?

[mikestew → creaghpatr]

"In the national elections in 2012, the various state felony disenfranchisement laws together blocked an estimated 5.85 million felons from voting, up from 1.2 million in 1976. This comprised 2.5% of the potential voters in general." (emphasis mine)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement#Curr...