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).
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17,502
Registry Records (excl. incarcerated)
10,864
Matched to Voter File
62.1%
% Registered to Vote
10,327
Active Voters
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.
By County Congressional State House State Senate
County Registry Records Matched Voters % Registered Active Voters % Active Inactive
PHILADELPHIA 3,285 2,383
72.5%
 2,258
94.8%
 530
ALLEGHENY 1,598 1,177
73.7%
 1,134
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
96.0%
 34
DELAWARE 641 424
66.1%
 397
93.6%
 48
BERKS 618 406
65.7%
 392
96.6%
 21
MONTGOMERY 566 379
67.0%
 365
96.3%
 26
ERIE 539 300
55.7%
 288
96.0%
 17
WESTMORELAND 399 229
57.4%
 219
95.6%
 13
BUCKS 382 288
75.4%
 271
94.1%
 25
LACKAWANNA 382 193
50.5%
 180
93.3%
 15
CHESTER 352 251
71.3%
 247
98.4%
 16
LUZERNE 343 191
55.7%
 179
93.7%
 14
LEHIGH 297 187
63.0%
 178
95.2%
 14
FRANKLIN 251 152
60.6%
 144
94.7%
 9
NORTHAMPTON 236 141
59.7%
 134
95.0%
 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
0.0%
 0
WASHINGTON 225 121
53.8%
 115
95.0%
 12
MERCER 217 118
54.4%
 115
97.5%
 3
LYCOMING 213 127
59.6%
 118
92.9%
 9
SCHUYLKILL 201 113
56.2%
 104
92.0%
 9
CAMBRIA 201 113
56.2%
 110
97.3%
 5
BUTLER 201 111
55.2%
 109
98.2%
 3
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
93.0%
 3
JEFFERSON 92 45
48.9%
 44
97.8%
 1
VENANGO 92 42
45.7%
 41
97.6%
 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
96.0%
 3
WARREN 70 30
42.9%
 27
90.0%
 4
SOMERSET 69 36
52.2%
 36
100.0%
 0
SUSQUEHANNA 69 33
47.8%
 32
97.0%
 1
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%
 0
HUNTINGDON 58 29
50.0%
 25
86.2%
 4
CLINTON 47 22
46.8%
 21
95.5%
 1
SNYDER 47 22
46.8%
 20
90.9%
 2
POTTER 44 20
45.5%
 19
95.0%
 1
PIKE 44 27
61.4%
 27
100.0%
 0
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%
 0
ELK 31 17
54.8%
 16
94.1%
 1
MONTOUR 25 10
40.0%
 9
90.0%
 1
FULTON 20 10
50.0%
 10
100.0%
 0
CAMERON 8 3
37.5%
 3
100.0%
 0
SULLIVAN 6 4
66.7%
 4
100.0%
 0
FOREST 3 0
0.0%
 0
0.0%
 0
UNKNOWN 1 0
0.0%
 0
0.0%
 0
TOTAL 17,502 10,864
62.1%
 10,327
95.1%
 1,164