Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons
Voting rights experts say Mississippi’s restrictions are among the harshest because the state bans voting by first-time ...
Supreme Court leaves in place Mississippi's voting ban for people convicted of some crimes
The Supreme Court has left in place Mississippi's Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of ...
Supreme Court won’t weigh Mississippi’s voting ban for felons
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether a Mississippi law banning people convicted of certain felonies ...
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Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons
Mississippi is one of eleven states that doesn't automatically restore voting rights after convicted felons finish their sentences. Voting rights experts say Mississippi’s restrictions are among ...
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US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Mississippi lifetime ban on voting by felons
A convicted felon's voting rights can be restored in Mississippi only by a two-thirds vote of the state legislature - something that happened just 18 times between 2013 and 2018, according to the ...
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Supreme Court leaves in place Mississippi's voting ban for people convicted of some crimes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes such ...