[EL] Voting rights lawsuit in California

[Helen Hutchison]

The League of Women Voters of California is one of the petitioners in a lawsuit just filed against the California Secretary of State. The suit seeks to clarify the voting rights of people convicted of certain low-level, nonviolent felonies. Under realignment legislation passed in 2011, these people no longer serve terms in state prison, but instead are sentenced to county jail and/or subject to community supervision. The litigants, represented by the ACLU and other civil rights attorneys, ask that the suit be expedited so that these individuals will be able to vote this year. For more information, read the press release.

Another story about the suit is here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/07/prisoner-voting-rights-california_n_1327457.html

Helen Hutchison

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Helen Hutchison
League of Women Voters of California
510 654 2216 │ 510 332 6252
Skype: helen_hutchison
lwvc.org │ cavotes.org │ smartvoter.org │ easyvoter.org
 
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Your monthly gift will help expand the scope and impact of the League’s vital work.




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Helen Hutchison
League of Women Voters of California
510 654 2216 │ 510 332 6252
Skype: helen_hutchison
lwvc.org │ cavotes.org │ smartvoter.org │ easyvoter.org
 
Become a Founding Member of the LWVC Consensus Builders. 
Your monthly gift will help expand the scope and impact of the League’s vital work.





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