Alabama says a new state law expanding the list of felonies that cause a person to lose their right to vote won’t be enforced until after the November election and asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit over the effective date.

The Alabama attorney general office wrote in a Friday court filing that the new law, which has a Oct. 1 effective date, cannot be used to block people from voting in the upcoming election, because the Alabama Constitution prohibits new election laws from taking effect within six months of the general election.

  • ulkesh@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    To the people saying there should be no reason to lose the right to vote. I do not agree. Treason – this should absolutely bar their right to vote, if they are not sentenced to death. So be the absolutists all you’d like, but there is a line, and a fair due process and conviction of treason is it.