Not Everyone in the United States Has the Right to Vote

Christoper Pugh is 45 years old and has not voted in his life, but not because of a lack of desire, but because of the laws of his state, Alabama, have made him believe that the robbery he committed in his 20's deprived him of that right. Today six million Americans can not afford to have committed a crime. The "great" American democracy suffers enormous anomalies in its system, and in addition to those millions of people who are not allowed to vote for having committed crimes, there are numerous legislations that restrict access to voting, especially to African-American and Latino minorities.

Some 23 million people who have served time in the US do not go to vote because they believe that state law denies them that right, but 17 million of them, like Pugh, could vote immediately according to data from the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), dedicated to the defense of the right to suffrage.

In addition to these laws that curtail the rights of ex-convicts, there are many others that affect voting, such as strict photo identification laws, "designed so that hundreds of thousands of eligible and registered voters do not have the necessary identification to vote", explains to Efe In addition to these laws that curtail the rights of ex-convicts, there are many others that affect voting, such as strict photo identification laws, "designed so that hundreds of thousands of eligible and registered voters do not have the necessary identification to vote", explains to Efe Danielle Lang, legal adviser of the CLC.

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