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State approaches to felon disenfranchisement vary tremendously. In Maine and Vermont, felons never lose their right to vote, even while they are incarcerated. In Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, and Virginia, felons and ex-felons permanently lose their right to vote, without a pardon from the governor.
It is up to the states to decide which crimes could be ground for disenfranchisement, and they are not formally bound to restrict this to felonies; however, in most cases, they do. As of 2008 over 5.3 million people in the United States were denied the right to vote due to felony disenfranchisement. Approximately 13% of the United States' population is African American, yet African Americans make up 38% of the American prison population.