ESSAY : Chairperson Keith Powers, Committee on Criminal Justice and/or Chairperson Fernando Cabrera…

Date:   December 16, 2018   

To:      Chairperson Keith Powers, Committee on Criminal Justice and/or Chairperson Fernando Cabrera, Committee on Governmental Operations         

From: NAMES

Re:      Voting Rights Awareness for People with Felony Convictions on Parole

• Introduction reviewing the charge to evaluate the bills to increase awareness of voting rights and make a recommendation

Options Specification

• Introduce the options for policy changes to improve the problem
• The options have to be changes to the policy referenced in your client’s question.

Options Specification
Options	Status Quo	Int. 0367-2018	Int. 0514-2018	Int. 115-2018
Description of Policy Change
Bill Sponsor (or other source of option)
Implementation Responsibility
Mechanism of Effect (How does it work?)
Costs
Other considerations:

• Summarize important differences about the policy options.

Options Assessment

• Briefly explain your approach to assessing the policy options.

Options Assessment
Options
Description of policy change
Increases safety
Increases fairness and equity
Politically feasible
Administratively feasible
Other criterion:
Summary Ranking

• Explain important findings of your assessment.
• What factors are most important in distinguishing the options.

Recommendation

• Explain your recommendation – the policy option you are supporting.
• Identify important arguments against the policy you recommend, and offer a rebuttal

Bibliography

Please review the attached assignment (PDF) and use the attached template to complete it.

References and resources:

Wang, Vivian. (2018.) \”Cuomo plans to restore voting rights to paroled felons.\” The New York Times, April 18. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/nyregion/felons-pardon-voting-rights-cuomo.html.

\”Criminal Disenfranchisement Laws Across the United States.\” Brennan Center for Justice.

Fertig, Beth. (2018). \”City voter guide mistakenly tells paroled felons they can\’t vote.\” WNYC.org, October 31. Retrieved from https://www.wnyc.org/story/city-voter-guide-mistakenly-tells-paroled-felons-they-cant-vote/.

Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing, October 3, 2018: https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=624966&GUID=1D06E2EB-34B9-4EF0-A830-203CE7272CD2&Options=info&Search=.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Date:   December 16, 2018    

To:      Chairperson Keith Powers, Committee on Criminal Justice and/or Chairperson Fernando Cabrera, Committee on Governmental Operations      

From:   NAMES

Re:      Voting Rights Awareness for People with Felony Convictions on Parole For a long time now, people who have been convicted of offenses (minor or big) have had no rights to vote despite voting a fundamental right of people. The move by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to restore the rights of parolees to vote is therefore a very much welcome initiative. This is an active intervention that will see more than 35,000 have their right of voting restored. Even though a felony is regarded a serious crime, granted parole gives them the right to most of the benefits other people enjoy. The right to vote is one of them. This memo, seeks to evaluate the three bills that seeks to inform people with felony offences…