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☆ Nebraska Supreme Court rules convicted felons who completed their sentences can vote
  + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Jane C. Timm | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that convicted felons who served their sentences are allowed to vote, after the state's top election official sought to keep them from casting ballots ahead of the Nov. 5 election. Nebraska has historically restored the voting rights of former felons two years after they completed the terms of their sentences. While Nebraska is solidly Republican state, it awards an electoral vote to the winner of each of its congressional districts. The Sentencing Project, criminal justice reform advocacy group, estimated that eliminating the waiting period for convicted felons in Nebraska would restore voting rights for 7,000 people. Far more completed their felony sentences more than two years ago, too, and were affected by the state officials prohibition on their voter registration.
Persons: Mike Hilgers, Robert Evnen Organizations: Nebraska Supreme, Nebraska, Republican Locations: Nebraska, Nebraska's, L.B, While Nebraska, Omaha
☆ Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Voting Rights for Felons
  + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Mitch Smith | More About Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
He argued that under the Nebraska Constitution, only the state’s Board of Pardons could restore voting rights to someone with a felony conviction. The Board of Pardons is made up of Mr. Pillen, Mr. Hilgers and Mr. Evnen. A spokeswoman for Mr. Hilgers said they were reviewing the ruling. Supporters of the law expanding voting rights sued over the implementation of Mr. Hilgers’s opinion on behalf of two people who said they were hoping to vote this year. They argued that the Legislature had been within its rights to expand voting rights and criticized Mr. Hilgers and Mr. Evnen for injecting confusion and uncertainty into the registration process just before an election.
Persons: Hilgers, Evnen, Pillen, Cindi Allen, “, ”, Jane Seu, Eric Hamilton Organizations: Nebraska Constitution, state’s, Civic, American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska Locations: Nebraska, Civic Nebraska
☆ Why We’re Challenging Biden’s Student-Debt Power Grab
  + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Mike Hilgers | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Nebraska has challenged President Biden’s unilateral and unlawful discharge of hundreds of billions of dollars in student-loan debt. At stake is more than the $430 billion hole Mr. Biden’s plan would blow in the federal budget. “No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power,” Thomas Paine wrote in 1776. The Founders realized the danger of vesting absolute power in one branch of government, and so they divided power into three branches. Legislation is passed in Congress, where a large and diverse nation’s elected representatives weigh in.
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