Farrakhan v. State of Washingtom, No. 01-35032 (9th Cir.) (338 F.3d 1009) (July 25, 2003) (Judge Richard A. Paez)
Here the Ninth Circuit held that the district court had erred when it concluded that Washington State’s felon disenfranchisement scheme did not violate the federal Voting Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1973) (VRA). The district court agreed that the state scheme disenfranchises a disproportionate number of African-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American ...
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