The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties will hold a hearing on H.R. 3335, the Democracy Restoration Act of 2009 on Tuesday, March 16 at 2pm in the Rayburn House Office Building, Rm. 2141.
The Democracy Restoration Act of 2009 would restore federal voting rights to millions of Americans with past felony convictions. An estimated 5.3 million citizens cannot vote as a result of felony convictions, and nearly 4 million of these individuals are living and working in their communities. Under H.R. 3335, anyone who is not incarcerated would be eligible to vote in federal elections, even if barred for voting in state elections.
Hearing witnesses include:
- Roger Clegg (President, General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity)
- Andres Idarraga (an impacted person currently in his last year at Yale Law School).
- Burt Neuborne (Legal Director, Brennan Center for Justice)
- Ion Sancho (Supervisor of Elections, Leon County, Florida)
- Hilary Shelton (Director, Vice President for Advocacy, NAACP)
- Hans von Spakovsky (Attorney, former member, Federal Election Commission)
- Carl Wicklund (Executive Director, American Probation and Parole Association)
The Sentencing Project has also submitted testimony on H.R. 3335 to the Committee.
view THe Sentencing Project's testimony
view the Web site of the committee on the judiciary
