On February 25, the 5th circuit construed Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution. That section is written with confusing sentence construction. Plaintiffs had argued that it seems to say that felons can vote in presidential elections, but the Court read it another way. Here is the decision, Young v Hosemann, 08-60941.
Section 241 says, “Qualification for Electors. Every inhabitant of this state, except idiots and insane persons, who is a citizen of the United States of America, 18 years old and upward, who has been a resident of this state for one year, and for one year in the county in which he offers to vote, and for 6 months in the election precinct or in the incorporated city or town in which he offers to vote, and who is duly registered as provided in this article, and who has never been convicted of murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement or bigamy, is declared to be a qualified elector, except that he shall be qualified to vote for President and Vice President of the United States if he meets the requirements established by Congress therefor and is otherwise a qualified elector.”