Federal government officials have promoted voter registration and voting for prison inmates that might be inconsistent—or outright violate—state laws on prisoner voting and restoration of felons’ voting rights, legal experts say.
As The Daily Signal has reported, an executive order signed in 2021 by President Joe Biden directs every federal agency to help boost voter registration and turnout, including the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
In a letter earlier this year, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asserted: “Hundreds of individuals inside federal prisons have successfully registered and voted in recent elections.”
Asked Tuesday how many federal prisoners have voted and where, a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson told The Daily Signal, “That information is not available to this office.”
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