Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Count Prisoners Where They Can Vote


I am in support of HR 3645 and S 3481, Correct the Census and count prisoners where they can vote.

Since the first U.S. census in 1790, the federal government has included incarcerated people in the population counts of where they're imprisoned.

The policy of counting prisoners were they are housed is outdated.

The census is designed to provide fair and equitable representation.

Prison is to be for the temporary incarceration and then returned to their home district.

If a person is counted for a district that he can not vote in, he has no representation.

Prisoners should be counted where their home is or their last address.

Morris Hagerman
Democratic Delegate for Royal Oak, Michigan's 21st District

Of Note:

Andy Lenin

Debbie Stabenow

Gary Peters



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