The U.S. Supreme Court may hear a case asking it to overturn a provision that bars people convicted of certain felonies from voting.
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 28, 2022 The United States Supreme Court is being asked to find unconstitutional Mississippi’s lifetime ban on people convicted of many felonies being able to vote. “The justices normally take about 1% of the cases they are asked to hear, but I think the odds are higher here,” said Rob McDuff, one of the attorneys who filed the case and director of the Impact Litigation Project at the Mississippi Center for Justice.
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