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Episode Title
Political Scientist Christina Rivers: Restoring the Fundamental Right to Vote
Document Type
Podcast
Publication Date
11-19-2019
Abstract
A democracy that’s truly representative of the people depends on the people to exercise their right to vote. There are some groups of people, however, who regularly don’t vote—because they don’t know they’re eligible. Contrary to popular belief, in Illinois, a convicted felon regains eligibility to vote as soon as he or she leaves a corrections facility. Anyone awaiting trial in jail is eligible to vote, too. DePaul political scientist Christina Rivers, an expert in voting rights and a DePaul Presidential Fellow, helped pass legislation to provide voter education to soon-to-be released inmates. In this episode, she discusses these initiatives, her work with the Inside Out Program and her latest research: racial gerrymandering.
Recommended Citation
University Marketing and Communications and Rivers, Christina. (2019) Political Scientist Christina Rivers: Restoring the Fundamental Right to Vote.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/depauldownload/27
Publisher
DePaul University
Comments
Episode 5 transcript available at https://resources.depaul.edu/depaul-download/episodes/Pages/episode-details.aspx?dpusearchbyid=6#transcript