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Voter list maintenance has received increasing attention in the press and from advocacy groups in the past few years. Little scholarly work, however, has detailed who is removed - or “purged” - despite no change in their legal eligibility to vote. By leveraging voter registration and provisional ballot data from North Carolina we identify individuals who were removed from the rolls between 2010 and 2016 despite no apparent change in their eligibility to vote and cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election. Although we find that minority voters were less likely than white voters to be removed overall, they were significantly more likely to cast a provisional ballot after being removed. Minorities who voted after being removed were also substantially less likely to have their provisional ballots counted than white voters. This paper presents the first evidence that imprecise voter list maintenance might disproportionately disenfranchise voters of color.

Review Article| February 01 2017 How Many Americans are Unnecessarily Incarcerated? James Austin, James Austin Dr. JFA Institute, Washington, DC Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Lauren-Brooke Eisen Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar James Cullen, James Cullen Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Jonathan Frank, Jonathan Frank Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Inimai Chettiar, Inimai Chettiar Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law, New York Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Cornell William Brooks Cornell William Brooks NAACP, Baltimore, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Federal Sentencing Reporter (2017) 29 (2-3): 140–174. https://doi.org/10.1525/fsr.2017.29.2-3.140 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation James Austin, Lauren-Brooke Eisen, James Cullen, Jonathan Frank, Inimai Chettiar, Cornell William Brooks; How Many Americans are Unnecessarily Incarcerated?. Federal Sentencing Reporter 1 February 2017; 29 (2-3): 140–174. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/fsr.2017.29.2-3.140 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentFederal Sentencing Reporter Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2017 Vera Institute of Justice2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

of Law is a nonpartisan institute focusing on issues related to democracy and justice.Founded in 1995 by family and former clerks of Brennan, the center is part think tank, part public interest law, and part advocacy group.The goal of the Brennan Center is to "win meaningful, measurable change in the public sector," focusing on the current programs of democracy, justice, liberty and national security, voting rights, campaign finance, fair courts, and criminal and racial justice.As the content of the Web site illustrates, the center works through the courts, legislation, and the media.Each of these areas has a section dedicated to the work the center has achieved thus far.The use of jargon is limited, making it more approachable for nonexperts.The center provides a wide variety of materials generated by the Brennan Center staff.The blog entries written by staff, going back to 2006, vary in topic as program focus has changed over the years.The legislation section is a clearinghouse of Brennan Center legislation, while the court cases section includes case summaries and supplementary documentation such as amicus briefs.The "Publications" are longer pieces available as PDFs although few have dates, making it difficult to determine the age of some of the data.