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Farrakhan v. Gregoire, No. 06-35669 (9th Cir.) (590 F.3d 989) (January 5, 2010) (Judge A. Wallace Tashima)

Loaded on Jan. 11, 2010 published in Punch and Jurists January 11, 2010
Filed under: Voting Rights Act, Punch And Jurists.

In an important prison disenfranchisement decision, a divided panel from the Ninth Circuit has held that vote denial claims challenging felon disenfranchisement laws are cognizable under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) (42 U.S.C. § 1973).

In an important prison disenfranchisement decision, a divided panel from the Ninth ...

 

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