Mississippi's lifetime voting ban for people with disqualifying felony convictions has been struck down in a new decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The court's 2-1 decision will restore the right to vote for tens of thousands of Mississippians, according to the plaintiff's council Simpson Thacher Bartlett LLP. The court ruled Thursday in the case of Hopkins v....
24, 2018, file photo, voters wait in line to cast their absentee ballots in Jackson, Miss....
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