On October 13th The State Democracy Research Initiative and the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison hosted the final event in the Election Matters 2023 series: “Election Matters 2023: Voting Rights and the Criminal Justice System” sponsored by Stafford Rosenbaum LLP. Moderated by the Election Research Center’s Director, Professor Barry Burden, panelists Naila Awan (New York Civil Liberties Union), Professor Michael Massoglia, (UW Madison Sociology), Professor Michael Morse (Penn Carey Law School), and Professor Michael Leo Owens (Emory Political Science) discussed current approaches and challenges to offender re-enfranchisement and voting in correctional facilities.
