New Strategies to Counter Florida’s War on Democracy: Voter Disenfranchisement, Human Rights, and the ACLU

Friesen, Bruce K.; Ebenstein, Julie

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dc.contributor.author	Friesen, Bruce K.
dc.contributor.author	Ebenstein, Julie
dc.date.accessioned	2013-08-29
dc.date.available	2013-08-29
dc.date.issued	2013-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Association, Political Economy of the World-System section of the American Sociological. "Power and Justice in the Contemporary World-Economy ", New York, 2013.	en_AU
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9351
dc.description.abstract	In 2004 the ACLU formed the Human Rights Program, dedicated to holding the U.S. government accountable to universal human rights principles in addition to rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. This paper explores the ACLU’s human rights initiative regarding felon voter disfranchisement in Florida. After providing background on the issue, we analyze strategies to protect the right to vote within the human rights framework; the most recent of which is the ACLU of Florida’s submission to the UN’s Human Rights Committee. The HRC’s response to that submission is considered in light of ongoing efforts to protect the right to vote.	en_AU
dc.description.sponsorship	Collective Behavior & Social Movements section of the American Sociological Association, the Development Sociology section of the American Sociological Association, the Human Rights section of the American Sociological Association, the RC02 (Economy and Society) of the International Sociological Association and the School of Social & Political Sciences of the University of Sydney.	en_AU
dc.language.iso	en	en_AU
dc.publisher	American Sociological Association	en_AU
dc.rights	The author retains copyright of this work	en_AU
dc.title	New Strategies to Counter Florida’s War on Democracy: Voter Disenfranchisement, Human Rights, and the ACLU	en_AU
dc.type	Conference paper	en_AU