15,116

Gene Perry // August 22, 2018 // Updated: August 22, 2018
Number of the Day

Estimated number of African Americans in Oklahoma who couldn’t vote in 2016 due to felony convictions. This is approximately 7% of the voting age African American population in the state.

[The Sentencing Project]

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Gene Perry // media@okpolicy.org

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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