48 states have some kind of restriction against felons voting, in all of these states felons aren’t allowed to vote while in prison. 30 of those states also restrict voting after the person is released from prison. In 9 states you can permanently lose your right to vote if convicted of a felony
This is actually an improvement that reflects pro-felon legislation that’s been passed recently. In the past there were more states that took away all voting rights as soon as you were convicted and offered no recourse to ever get them back
Some experts have said that Florida wouldn’t have gone to Trump in the 2016 election if ex-felons had been allowed to vote. Florida has the 4th largest votes in the elector college (29), it has the 2nd largest black population out of all the states, and it has the highest rate of citizens who are banned for life from voting
