… reduce fossil fuel usage. The felon voting rights proposal has been a …

Right to vote Virginia’s citizens who have committed felonies lose the right to vote permanently unless that right is restored by our governor. This travesty comes from Virginia’s 1902 state constitutional convention and is a legacy of Jim Crow. The …

A Florida lawmaker is refiling a bill that proposes a statewide database to reduce legal uncertainty and assist individuals with certain felony convictions in restoring their voting rights. Boca Raton Democratic Sen. Tina Polsky filed the revised measure ( …

… violating the law against felon voting. “After finding that … of North Carolina’s felon voting restrictions turned their attention … of the state’s felon voting restrictions in April 2023. … Initiative v. Moore had challenged felon voting restrictions — § 13-1 — …

Republican officials in Virginia and nationwide – recognizing the ongoing shift in racial demographics across America – surely would overhaul their messaging, I reasoned, to become more welcoming toward African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans and …

In a high-stakes voting rights battle with roots in the Reconstruction era, civil rights groups on Friday filed two new motions in a federal lawsuit that could restore voting rights to thousands of Virginians with felony convictions. Announced Monday, the …

… to the state’s lifetime felon voting ban, allowing the lawsuit to …

The Supreme Court on June 23 rejected Virginia’s request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s lifetime voting ban on convicted felons. The new order in O’Bannon v. King took the form of an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not …

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Virginia’s bid to scuttle a lawsuit challenging an 1869 state constitutional provision that imposes a lifetime voting ban on convicted felons, one of the toughest …

This may have been our most raucous and heated lunch table debate ever, and I can't blame any of my friends for their genuine reactions, but it's a good question. If Oklahoma felons are able to vote as per their constitutional right, why can't …