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News Brief: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Ballot Box
Former Richmond City Council member Sa’ad El-Amin could be back in the voting booth for this year’s Governor’s race. The irony is that this could frustrate his own efforts to ensure automatic rights restoration for felons in Virginia.
Federal District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. ordered a stay in the case of El-Amin v. Commonwealth of Virginia, holding off on deciding whether the convicted felon would have his voting rights restored, because of Governor Bob McDonnell’s announcement that he intends to restore voting rights to all non-violent felons in the state. (Full Disclosure: Two William & Mary Law School students, Kate Ward and Elderidge Nichols, under the supervision of Professor Rebecca Green, filed an amicus curiae brief in El-Amin’s case.) [Read more…] about News Brief: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Ballot Box
Supreme Court Strikes Down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
The Court did not strike down Section 5 preclearence provisions, but as the New York Times explains, after today’s ruling, Section 5 is “without significance — unless Congress passes a new bill for determining which states would be covered.”
Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Requirement
The Court ruled 7-2 that Arizona’s law was preempted by the 1993 National Voter Registration Act.
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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Decides to Automatically Restore Voting Rights for Non-violent Felons
Washington Times calls it “an evolution of sorts on criminal justice policy” for the Republican Party. Previously, non-violent felons had to wait a minimum of two years and then petition for the restoration of their voting rights.
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