Disenfranchisement Reports
Testing the hypothesis that individuals on the PA sex offender registry are disenfranchised
at higher rates than the general population despite retaining the legal right to vote.
Match threshold: score ≥ 80 (last name + first name + birth year or address).
17,502
Registry Records (excl. incarcerated)
10,864
Matched to Voter File
62.1%
% Registered to Vote
95.1%
% Active of Matched
62.1% of registry records matched a voter registration.
Of those, 95.1% are active voters.
Correctional facility addresses excluded.
County,"Registry Total",Matched,"% Registered","Active Voters","% Active",Inactive
PHILADELPHIA,3285,2383,72.5,2258,94.8,530
ALLEGHENY,1598,1177,73.7,1134,96.3,127
DAUPHIN,797,487,61.1,441,90.6,53
YORK,763,501,65.7,474,94.6,47
LANCASTER,709,478,67.4,459,96,34
DELAWARE,641,424,66.1,397,93.6,48
BERKS,618,406,65.7,392,96.6,21
MONTGOMERY,566,379,67,365,96.3,26
ERIE,539,300,55.7,288,96,17
WESTMORELAND,399,229,57.4,219,95.6,13
LACKAWANNA,382,193,50.5,180,93.3,15
BUCKS,382,288,75.4,271,94.1,25
CHESTER,352,251,71.3,247,98.4,16
LUZERNE,343,191,55.7,179,93.7,14
LEHIGH,297,187,63,178,95.2,14
FRANKLIN,251,152,60.6,144,94.7,9
NORTHAMPTON,236,141,59.7,134,95,7
FAYETTE,233,113,48.5,107,94.7,6
BEAVER,229,131,57.2,125,95.4,6
"OUT OF STATE",226,0,0,0,0,0
WASHINGTON,225,121,53.8,115,95,12
MERCER,217,118,54.4,115,97.5,3
LYCOMING,213,127,59.6,118,92.9,9
BUTLER,201,111,55.2,109,98.2,3
SCHUYLKILL,201,113,56.2,104,92,9
CAMBRIA,201,113,56.2,110,97.3,5
LEBANON,190,110,57.9,103,93.6,8
MONROE,185,96,51.9,92,95.8,4
CLEARFIELD,174,78,44.8,74,94.9,4
BLAIR,167,90,53.9,84,93.3,6
CRAWFORD,160,76,47.5,69,90.8,7
NORTHUMBERLAND,155,82,52.9,79,96.3,4
ADAMS,139,86,61.9,82,95.3,4
LAWRENCE,125,63,50.4,61,96.8,3
MIFFLIN,113,55,48.7,53,96.4,2
CENTRE,108,58,53.7,54,93.1,4
BRADFORD,107,59,55.1,56,94.9,3
INDIANA,106,57,53.8,56,98.2,1
ARMSTRONG,97,43,44.3,40,93,3
VENANGO,92,42,45.7,41,97.6,1
JEFFERSON,92,45,48.9,44,97.8,1
CARBON,90,52,57.8,51,98.1,1
MCKEAN,88,32,36.4,29,90.6,4
PERRY,83,52,62.7,51,98.1,1
GREENE,72,31,43.1,29,93.5,2
CUMBERLAND,71,50,70.4,48,96,3
WARREN,70,30,42.9,27,90,4
SUSQUEHANNA,69,33,47.8,32,97,1
SOMERSET,69,36,52.2,36,100,0
BEDFORD,67,43,64.2,41,95.3,4
COLUMBIA,66,37,56.1,36,97.3,1
CLARION,63,31,49.2,27,87.1,4
WAYNE,60,32,53.3,30,93.8,3
TIOGA,59,26,44.1,26,100,0
HUNTINGDON,58,29,50,25,86.2,4
SNYDER,47,22,46.8,20,90.9,2
CLINTON,47,22,46.8,21,95.5,1
PIKE,44,27,61.4,27,100,0
POTTER,44,20,45.5,19,95,1
WYOMING,43,21,48.8,20,95.2,1
JUNIATA,42,22,52.4,21,95.5,1
UNION,42,18,42.9,18,100,0
ELK,31,17,54.8,16,94.1,1
MONTOUR,25,10,40,9,90,1
FULTON,20,10,50,10,100,0
CAMERON,8,3,37.5,3,100,0
SULLIVAN,6,4,66.7,4,100,0
FOREST,3,0,0,0,0,0
UNKNOWN,1,0,0,0,0,0