Christopher Berk
@chrisberk.bsky.social
I write on punishment and democratic theory. Asst. Professor / George Mason. PhD / University of Chicago. Author of Democracy in Captivity: Prisoners, Patients, and the Limits of Self-Government (University of California Press, 2023).
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JUST IN: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed a first-in-the-nation law that automatically registers people to vote as they leave prison:
Michigan Law I First to Automatically Register People to Vote As They Leave Prison
The legislature passed a bill that will also expand automatic voter registration in other ways, including applying it at Medicaid offices, and likely add many new Michiganders to voter rolls.
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November 30, 2023 at 8:53 PM
JUST IN: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed a first-in-the-nation law that automatically registers people to vote as they leave prison:
My article "The submerged prison state: Punishment, private interests, and the politics of public accountability" was officially published last week in Punishment & Society.
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November 28, 2023 at 10:05 PM
My article "The submerged prison state: Punishment, private interests, and the politics of public accountability" was officially published last week in Punishment & Society.