"The brunt of today’s laws that prohibit felons from voting still falls disproportionately on minorities, who make up more than one-third of those affected. In Florida, Kentucky and Virginia, more than one in five African-Americans cannot vote because of a conviction."
Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/opinion/6-million-americans-without-a-voice.html?_r=1
