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Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Voting Rights for Felons on Probation

Challengers argued that the new law was unconstitutional because it returns voting rights to felons on release, before civil rights are returned.
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Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Voting Rights for Felons on Probation
A voting site during the Congressional primaries in Loudoun County at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Va., on June 18, 2024. Joseph Lord/The Epoch Times
Katabella Roberts
By Katabella Roberts
8/8/2024Updated: 8/8/2024
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The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2023 state law returning voting rights to Minnesotans with felony convictions immediately after their release from prison.

In its Aug. 7 ruling, the state’s highest court did not comment on the merits of the law but rejected a challenge from the nonpartisan organization Minnesota Voters Alliance (MVA), alongside four citizen plaintiffs.

Katabella Roberts
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Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.
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