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Nebraska Reverts to 19th-Century Voting Restrictions, Clouding Rights for Thousands (boltsmag.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Nebraska Voting Rights Restoration Coalition was ready for July 19. A new state law, Legislative Bill 20, would take effect that day, instantly granting voting rights to some 7,000 people with past felony convictions.

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[But] two Republican elected officials in Nebraska—Attorney General Mike Hilgers and Secretary of State Bob Evnen—halted implementation of the new law, shutting down new registrations for people with past felonies and throwing into question the voting rights of tens of thousands of other Nebraskans who, until last month, were legally, unambiguously eligible to vote.

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On July 17, less than 48 hours before LB 20 was to take effect, Hilgers issued an advisory opinion stating that the new law was unconstitutional. But Hilgers didn’t stop there; he also declared unconstitutional a 2005 reform law ending lifetime disenfranchisement of anyone convicted of any felony; the 2005 law, Legislative Bill 53, allowed Nebraskans to vote two years after completing their sentences, a waiting period that LB 20 was set to eliminate.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240828114456/https://boltsmag.org/nebraska-voting-rights-restoration/

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Wouldn't want the people to have their pesky say in how we do things 'round here. /s

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Nebraska State Supreme Court is going to bitch slap this so hard that it lands in Sioux City, Iowa.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't matter if the outcome is after registration deadlines.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Good News...it's done. They also extended the registration deadline to October 25th so that people impacted by the decision can still vote.

https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-10-21/social-justice/court-clears-way-for-nebraskans-with-past-felony-convictions-to-register-vote/a93050-1

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The NSSC already took the case and the Registration Deadline is October 11th. There's plenty of time for them to make a ruling.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've had it up to here with these fucking activist judges who think they can unilaterally rewrite laws.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

To me what's most frustrating/disturbing isn't that they think they can rewrite laws, people think they can cure diseases with rocks, but that in a lot of ways they effectively can.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

True, but in this case, it was an AG's opinion (that doesn't hold legal weight) and another Republican who just use that as a legal argument to not do something that both parties agreed to. Even the previous Republican AG for Nebraska says this issue is stupid and LB 20 should go ahead.