A federal judge on Monday struck down a North Carolina law that criminalized voting for people with felony convictions. In a 25-page order, U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs wrote that the law ...
A federal judge has struck down a North Carolina law criminalizing voting for people with felony convictions. The law, originally passed in 1877, made it a Class I felony for people who vote in ...
RALEIGH — A federal judge has halted the enforcement of a North Carolina law that made it a serious crime for someone to vote while still on probation or parole for a felony conviction when they ...
A law passed last year clarifies that felons can’t be prosecuted for voting unless they knew their voting rights had not been restored. The judge’s decision could be appealed to a higher court.
A federal judge struck down a North Carolina ... The ruling does not change state law to allow felons to vote but rather strikes down a law potentially making it a separate felony for felons ...
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge has halted the enforcement of a North Carolina law that made it a serious crime for someone to vote while still on probation or parole for a felony conviction ...
The plaintiffs, which are also voter education groups, said that allowing the pre-2024 law to remain in place also would have forced them to use resources to educate ex-felons who were eligible to ...