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South County Voter Restorat ion ProjectWe need many volunteers to find and assist ex-felons who are eligible for restoration of their
voting rights.
You can help by:
• Writing articles and editorials to raise
awareness
• Distributing Flyers
• Answering phones and making calls
• Data Entry
• Sending out letters
• Assisting with work shops
• Referring potentially eligible applicants
For more information, to make suggestions or
to volunteer contact us by email at
or by telephone at 571-335-VOTE (8683)
Referring Potentially Eligible Applicants
If you know of someone who may be interested and
eligible to apply for the restoration of voting rights
refer them to the website below for prescreening If
the person is able to access the .internet. If not, ask
them to call the number above.
http://restorerights.blogspot.com/
How You Can Help?
Seeking to assist eligible ex-felons
who have served their debt to society in applying for the restoration of their voting rights in
Virginia.
South County Voter Restoration Project
c/o Rising Hope United Methodist Mission Church
8220 Russell Road
Alexandria, VA 22309
571-335-VOTE (8683)
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Voting Rights in Virginia
Voting is our most fundamental and basic
right as Americans. Virginia’s constitution
contains a provision that prevents an esti-
mate of about 300,000 Virginia residents
from voting.
Felon disenfranchisement originated in the
Jim Crow era when it was used, along withother tactics such as poll tax and literacy
tests, to prevent minorities from voting.
Although most states once had felon disfran-
chisement laws, these antiquated laws were
eventually repealed over time.
Today only Virginia and Kentucky still
permanently disfranchise all personsconvicted of a felony, requiring an indi-
vidual act of the governor to restore
voting rights.
The majority of Virginia’s disenfranchised
voters are law-abiding, tax-paying members
of our state. They have repaid their debt to
society and are important members of our
communities. They deserve the right to
vote.
Felon Disenfranchisement in Virg in ia
Studies continue to show that
formerly incarcerated personswho vote are less likely to com-
mit another crime than those
who don’t.
• A July 2011 report released by the Flor-
ida Parole Commission reported that“the overall three-year recidivism rate
based on all released inmates” was
33..1, while the recidivism rate for re-
leased prisoners who were given their
civil rights back and were allowed to
vote stood at 11 percent.”
• A study by Christopher Uggen and Jeff
Manza in 2002 found that ex-felons who
voted in 1996 were half as likely to be
arrested for committing new crimes
between 1997 and 2000 than non-voting
ex felons.
In South Fairfax County. . .
• 6.2% of the United States population
are convicted felons
• In Virginia 7% of the population are
convicted felons
• 1 in 8 (13%) Black men are convictedfelons
• It is estimated that there are at least
2000 people in the Route 1 Corridor
who are convicted felons whose right
to vote could possibly be restored.