The Republican nominee, George W. Bush, won the state of Florida by accumulating fewer than 1,000 more votes than the Democratic nominee Al Gore. In such a closely contested election, some commentators believe that if felons were allowed to vote, Al Gore would have become the forty-third President of the United States. In 2000, over 4.5 million Americans, which is over two percent of the country’s voting-age population, were prohibited from voting because of disenfranchisement laws. Furthermore, in Florida alone, there were as many as 620,000 citizens prohibited from voting because of felony disenfranchisement laws. If we want to live in a free society, then we must allow all people in this country to have a right to be represented in their government. Sign this petition and help bring back democracy to our great nation.