On December 3, the Fifth Circuit heard argument in Hopkins v Hosemann, 19-60678. The issue is the Mississippi Constitution’s provision that bars ex-felons from registering to vote, unless the Governor restores their voting rights. The three judges were Edith Jones, a Reagan appointee who appeared hostile to the plaintiffs; Carolyn Dineen King, a Carter appointee; and James L. Dennis, a Clinton appointee. See this story.
News sources are reporting that The Cato Institute has joined in support of the plaintiffs seeking to restore voting rights”
“A coalition of disparate groups supports reinstating voting rights to felons, including the libertarian Cato Institute, the American Probation and Parole Association, and the ACLU and Mississippi branch of the NAACP.”
“The Cato Institute argued that Mississippi’s disenfranchisement law went far beyond what the Constitution intended when it allowed states to restrict voting rights and decried what it called an arbitrary way of choosing which crimes could result in disenfranchisement.”
https://www.joplinglobe.com/region/mississippi-case-pushes-to-restore-felons-voting-rights/article_5f49ca26-3632-55ff-96ba-0aac0fa59e83.html
Uniform Electors —
USA Citizen , 18 + yrs olde. PERIOD.
NO Mental / criminal / etc. disqualifs.
Esp in rotted States — how many FALSE evidence convictions – political purge or *solve* high profile crimes ???