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felon voting rights
Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Voting Rights for Felons on Probation
Challengers argued that the new law was unconstitutional because it returns voting rights to felons on release, before civil rights are returned.
Mississippi’s Permanent Disenfranchisement Law Struck Down as Unconstitutional
In a Friday decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals declared Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution, which imposes permanent disenfranchisement for certain crimes, to be unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
