Category Archives: felon voting
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Felon Voting Ban
Des Moines Register reports. The 4-3 state constitutional decision is here.
“Re-Enfranchising People with Prior Convictions”
Goldfeder and Perez offer their view in NYLJ.
“Records Reveal Little Advance Word to Officials on Voting-Rights Move”
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports on what documents from its state FOIA request reveal about the lead-up to Governor McAuliffe’s restoration of felons’ voting rights.
“Why Prisoners Deserve the Right to Vote”
Corey Brettschneider for Politico magazine.
o some, the idea may seem risky, unnecessary or even unconscionable. But in fact, there are good reasons to embrace it. For one, our constitutional ideals support the right of prisoners to vote, and denying… Continue reading
“Nearly half of Nebraska county election officials may be denying voting right”
Lincoln Journal-Star:
Only about half of Nebraska’s 93 counties accurately provide voting rights for ex-felons, according to a survey by the ACLU of Nebraska.
Nearly half of the county election officials contacted by ACLU researchers provided inaccurate information… Continue reading
“Judicial Watch Sues Virginia Gov. McAuliffe Over Executive Order Granting 206,000 Felons Voting Rights”
“Voting rights restoration case to go before Virginia Supreme Court”
Hearing on July 19.
“Virginia at Center of Racially Charged Fight Over the Right of Felons to Vote”
NYT:
This next fight over restoring voting rights to convicted felons — an issue playing out nationally — could affect the presidential contest and Mrs. Clinton’s fortunes in Virginia, a critical swing state. Ever since Mr. McAuliffe’s order on… Continue reading
“Supreme Court calls special session to hear GOP challenge on felon voting rights”
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
The Supreme Court of Virginia will hold a special session July 19 to take up the Republican challenge to Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s order that restored voting rights for more than 200,000 felons.
Republican leaders in the General Assembly… Continue reading
“The Revival of the Three-Fifths Clause in a Rhode Island Prison Gerrymandering Case”
Derek the Muller:
A federal district court handed down a memorandum and order for summary judgment in Davidson v. City of Cranston, a case concerning “prison gerrymandering” in Rhode Island. The court concluded that the city improperly drew districts… Continue reading
Prison Gerrymandering Case Succeeds in Cranston, Rhode Island
District court opinion.
Update: See this press release from Prisoners of the Census.
“Why the Virginia GOP Can’t Thwart McAuliffe on Voting Rights”
Andrew Cohen for the Marshall Project:
Those who object to the restoration of these voting rights, Howard told us, are conflating Gov. McAuliffe’s duty to individually communicate his reasons for a pardon with his more expansive authority to restore voting… Continue reading
“Assembly Republicans sue McAuliffe over mass rights restoration order”
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Republicans in the Virginia General Assembly will file suit later today in the Supreme Court of Virginia challenging Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s authority to order a mass restoration of rights April 22, covering more than 200,000 former felons.… Continue reading