From today’s Associated Press: Republican-led states have historically made it difficult for those convicted of a felony to vote or barred it altogether. Now the Republicans’ presumptive nominee for president,…
From today’s Nebraska Examiner: A legislative proposal to immediately restore voting rights to Nebraskans convicted of a felony once they’ve completed their sentence has become law but faces a likely…
From today’s CBS News: The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday over a challenge to the state’s restoration of voting rights for felons. The law passed last year…
From today’s Newsweek: Nearly 500,000 people in Tennessee will be barred from voting in the upcoming presidential election, with critics claiming new electoral rules will likely disproportionately affect Black and…
From today’s Minnesota Public Radio: The Minnesota Supreme Court has granted a quicker appeal of a case involving a voting rights restoration law. In an order issued Tuesday by Chief…
From today’s AP News: A pro-Trump Minnesota judge declared a new state law restoring voting rights for convicted felons unconstitutional, drawing a sharp rebuke from Minnesota’s attorney general and secretary…
From today’s New York Times: After George Hawkins completed a 13-year term in a Virginia prison for attempted murder, he asked the state last spring to restore his right to…
From today’s Slate Magazine: In Tennessee, Jim Crow is alive and well. The state’s felony disenfranchisement voter-suppression regime is living proof. Felony disenfranchisement has long been a stain on our…
From today’s NBC News: Oregon state Democrats have advanced a bill that would allow people who are incarcerated in the state to vote. If enacted, the bill would make the…
From today’s Portland Mercury: In late 2019, State Senator Michael Dembrow and his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee met with a group of incarcerated Oregonians presenting research on issues…