Laws differ by state in terms of whether former felons can vote, with much of the control left up to governors.

Ahead of the 2024 election, some US states have disenfranchised former prisoners, stripping them of the right to vote. Critics say the practice is antidemocratic and often racist. George Hawkins ...

However, the state Supreme Court decided that the challenges were not strong enough to disenfranchise felons, including the two who brought the case, so close to the election. “Given that the ...

About 19 million Americans, or roughly 6% of the population, have felony convictions, but not all states choose to disenfranchise ... Once convicted felons completed their sentence, their voting ...

800 STATE EX REL. GREGORY SPUNG ET AL ... such decision would effectively disenfranchise the nearly 59,000 felons who were eligible to vote in 2005 under L.B. 53, and would take away a right.

Nebraska Supreme Court rejects Secretary of State Evnen's claims ACLU represented felons in lawsuit against Evnen Decision could affect close US presidential election Oct 16 (Reuters ...

Nebraska in April passed L.B. 20, a bill restoring voting rights for felons upon completion of their sentence, including probation and parole time. The state’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered ...

Nebraska's top state court on Wednesday upheld a state law allowing felons who have completed their sentences to vote, enabling thousands more people to cast ballots in the Nov. 5 U.S ...

Nebraska Law Allowing Felons to Vote Upheld by State Court By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Nebraska's top state court on Wednesday upheld a state law allowing felons who have completed their ...