Nebraska at standstill over restoring voting rights of felons By Joe Fisher Voters cast their ballots in the New Hampshire Primary at a voting site at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H., on Jan. 23.

But civil rights advocates point out that even the Nebraska Supreme Court acknowledged in 2002 that voting rights restoration “is implemented through statute,” meaning through legislation ...

The Nebraska Supreme Court ordered the state’s Secretary of State to implement Legislative Bill (LB) 20 on Wednesday, providing for the automatic restoration of voting rights for felons in Nebraska ...

Hilgers said only the Nebraska Board of Pardons had sole authority to restore voting rights to people convicted of felonies and said restoration of that right is “an act of grace that undoes a legal ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska has filed a lawsuit challenging top election officials' defiance of state laws that restore the voting rights of those who've ...

Nebraska’s Voting Rights Restoration Coalition estimates at least 7,000 Nebraskans should be newly eligible to vote this year thanks to the change. The Nebraskans bringing this action include T.J.

The Nebraska Voting Rights Restoration Coalition berated the opinion and Evnen's order to stop registering those convicted of felonies and said it's “considering all options for immediate relief.” ...

I do not agree that restoration of voting rights was a pardon, much less a partial pardon, at the time the Nebraska Constitution was adopted, which, as I have said, is the relevant time period for ...

The restoration of voting rights is also considered a pardon, ... Felons were banned from voting for life in Nebraska until the state passed LB 53 in 2005.

The Nebraska Voting Rights Restoration Coalition berated the opinion and Evnen’s order to stop registering those convicted of felonies and said it’s “considering all options for immediate ...

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