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Felon voting rights
The restoration of voting rights of convicted felons continues to be a state-by-state fight.
This week, Minnesota-
[b]Minnesota: Convicted felons can vote after serving jail time[/b]
[hr][link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-11823425%2FFelons-vote-Minnesota-New-law-allows-55-000-former-inmates-right-cast-ballot.html]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art…st-ballot.html[/link] [h2]Now convicted felons can vote in Minnesota: New law allows over 55,000 former inmates the right to cast ballot after finishing jail time[/h2] [ul][*]A bill passed on Friday will give 55,000 felons in Minnesota the right to vote[*]The state is just one of at least 14 that have sought to introduce such bills[*]In Nebraska a bill would remove a two-year wait to vote upon serving a sentence [/ul]
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A three-judge panel of the United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down Mississippis lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of certain felonies, saying it is unconstitutional because it inflicts cruel and unusual punishment.In a 2-1 ruling released Friday, the panel sent the case back to U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan III in the Southern District of Mississippi with instructions to find the states lifetime ban on voting to be unconstitutional.
The majority said, By severing former offenders from the body politic forever, Section 241 (the lifetime ban provision of the state Constitution) ensures that they will never be fully rehabilitated, continues to punish them beyond the terms their culpability requires and serves no protective function to society. It is thus a cruel and unusual punishment.
[link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fmississippitoday.org%2F2023%2F08%2F04%2F5th-circuit-panel-strikes-down-mississippis-lifetime-felony-voting-ban%2F]https://mississippitoday.org/2023/08…ny-voting-ban/[/link]
