Post by pavel on Feb 11, 2016 6:35:45 GMT -6
DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Iowa's Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the state's ban on voting by convicted felons.
The move comes a day after Maryland granted voting rights to felons through an override of Gov. Larry Hogan's veto.
Meanwhile in Kentucky, newly elected Gov. Matt Bevin overturned the previous governor's executive order granting such rights in December.
Iowa's state constitution bars people convicted of an "infamous crime" from voting. A 2014 ruling by Iowa's Supreme Court muddied the waters in terms of what constituted an "infamous crime." The lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, seeks to clarify the meaning of the term.
Read more: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/02/10/Iowa-Supreme-Court-takes-case-on-felon-voting-rights/8911455137041/?spt=hs&or=tn_us
The move comes a day after Maryland granted voting rights to felons through an override of Gov. Larry Hogan's veto.
Meanwhile in Kentucky, newly elected Gov. Matt Bevin overturned the previous governor's executive order granting such rights in December.
Iowa's state constitution bars people convicted of an "infamous crime" from voting. A 2014 ruling by Iowa's Supreme Court muddied the waters in terms of what constituted an "infamous crime." The lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, seeks to clarify the meaning of the term.
Read more: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/02/10/Iowa-Supreme-Court-takes-case-on-felon-voting-rights/8911455137041/?spt=hs&or=tn_us