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Massachusetts Incarcerated Felon Disenfranchisement Constitutional; Voting Rights Act Claim Survives
A federal court in Massachusetts held that retroactive state constitutional and statutory amendments disenfranchising incarcerated felons do not violate the federal ex post facto or equal protection clauses. It found, however, that Plaintiffs stated a viable Voting Rights Act (VRA) claim, and that summary judgment on that claim would be ...
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