ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Secretary of State Steve Simon was a strong proponent of restoring the vote to people on probation and now he's letting prisoners know how the rules have changed for former ...
Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to restore of voting rights of those convicted of felonies upon the completion of ...
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Despite the scant justification for U.S. criminal disenfranchisement laws, they have withstood constitutional challenge. Ordinarily, the courts carefully scrutinize state restrictions on the right ...
The United States may have the world’s most restrictive criminal disenfranchisement laws. We know of no other democracy besides the United States in which convicted offenders who have served ...
Mississippi lawmakers heard testimony from people with felonies on their records on why they should have the right to vote.
Gov. Matt Bevin’s legal reasoning may have been fuzzy, but his moral obligation is now clear: When the legislature convenes Tuesday, the new Republican governor must overcome roadblocks within ...
Elizer Darris fills out his voter registration during the Restore the Vote implementation rally at Arlington Hills Community Center in St. Paul on June 1. Minnesota Supreme Court justices ...
Opinion editor's note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. Minnesota is known for its relatively high voter ...
A ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the courts opened in the landmark federal law ...
Women's March activists hold signs outside the White House in the wake of the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, DC, US, July 9, 2022.
The organizations claim ‘extreme’ ban enacted last month is unconstitutional attack on voters A group of Alabama civil rights and voting rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit against ...