The North Carolina State Board of Elections and elected district attorneys across the state are urging a federal Appeals Court to reverse a ruling throwing out the state’s crime for felon voting. A federal judge issued a decision in April supporting plaintiffs challenging the law.
State government lawyers are appealing a federal judge’s recent decision striking down North Carolina’s law criminalizing felon voting. Felons who cast ballots in this state’s elections could have faced new felony charges before the judge’s ruling.
A federal judge has struck down North Carolina’s law criminalizing felon voting. The law “was enacted with discriminatory intent, has not been cleansed of its discriminatory taint, and continues to disproportionately impact Black voters,” according to a court order US District Judge Loretta Biggs issued Monday.
A federal judge will hold an April 22 bench trial in Winston-Salem in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s restrictions on felon voting. Critics argue that the restrictions are racially discriminatory and violate the constitutional rights of felons who have completed active prison time but remain on parole, probation, or post-release supervision.
A federal judge has scheduled an April trial in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s law against felon voting. The case could help determine whether felons who have completed active prison time will take par
A federal judge has scheduled oral arguments for Feb. 28 in a case challenging North Carolina’s law restricting felon voting. The hearing will address a magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss the case as moot.
The State Board of Elections filed paperwork Tuesday supporting the dismissal of two federal election-related lawsuits. One focuses on voting rights for felons. The other targets North Carolina’s latest election reform law.
A federal magistrate judge In North Carolina has recommended throwing out a case involving voting rights for felons who have completed active prison time. If the decision stands, felons would not participate in the state’s 2024 elections.
A recent change in North Carolina’s election law should prompt a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from felon voting advocates as moot. That’s the argument the State Board of Elections and local district attorneys made in a court filing Wednesday. A hearing in the case is scheduled Nov. 14 in Durham.
Critics of North Carolina’s felon voting restrictions believe the state’s newest election law has no impact on their federal lawsuit. They argued in a court filing Friday that a federal judge should grant their request to strike down the 50-year-old felon re-enfranchisement law. A hearing in the case is scheduled Nov. 14 in Durham.
A federal lawsuit that targets North Carolina’s restrictions on felon voting will return to a federal courtroom on Nov. 14. A hearing is scheduled that morning on the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment.
