Nebraska’s top court backs law restoring felons’ voting rights
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The state's top court rejected the Nebraska attorney general's position that only the state's Board of Pardons, not the Legislature, can restore voting rights to felons.
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The state's top court rejected the Nebraska attorney general's position that only the state's Board of Pardons, not the Legislature, can restore voting rights to felons.
In an unusual midweek opinion, the Nebraska Supreme Court issued an order that will allow people with felony convictions to register to vote in the November election.
Nebraska’s highest court ruled against top state officials as it upheld a law providing felons with a path to register to vote after completing their sentences.
Felons in Nebraska who have completed their sentences can register to vote and participate in the Nov. 5 general election, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Nebraskans with felony convictions may register to vote after the state's high court ruled that a top election official had no authority to deem a law restoring those rights unconstitutional.
Nebraska’s top election official had no authority to declare unconstitutional a state law that restored the voting rights of those who have been convicted of a felony, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision with implications for the approaching election.
