Some voters with felony convictions face new rules for the midterms

Incarcerated people at the Cook County Jail in Chicago cast their votes in the 2020 Illinois primary election. This year, more than a handful of states across the country have enacted laws changing voting rules for people with felony convictions. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)A half-dozen states enacted laws this year changing voting rules for people with felony convictions, including when their rights can be restored and how they can register to vote — affecting voters in next week’s elections. A couple other states advanced measures that will affect such voters in future elections. And Virginia voters will decide on Tuesday whether to approve a measure advanced by the legislature to automatically restore such rights. Altogether, at least eight states — Alabama, Delaware, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia — advanced or enacted legislation addressing voting rights for people with felony convictions or people who are incarcerated, according to legislation