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: JURIST - The Paper ChaseNinth Circuit upholds Washington ban on felon voting
By Brian Jackson
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[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Thursday upheld [opinion, PDF] Washington's ban on voting by felons, reversing a prior ruling by a three-judge panel. That ban is enshrined in Article VI of the state constitution [text], which bars from voting, "All persons convicted of infamous crime unless restored to their civil rights." The plaintiffs, convicted felons who have lost their right to vote under the Washington Constitution, argued that such a ban viola read more
Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on October 08, 2010 (boomark / email).
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