[EL] Moter-Voter problem.

[Robbin Stewart]

Today I took one of my roommates to the BMV in Indiana to register to vote
and get his ID. (It was his third trip there to try to get his ID; they did
not accept his paperwork the first two times. This is normal.) His version
of what happened when he tried to register to vote is that he was asked if
he'd ever been convicted of as felony. He had, 16 years ago, and was told
he could not register to vote. As far as I know, this is not true. In
Indiana, once a felon is out of jail, off probation or parole, they can
vote. I then took him to city hall and got him registered to vote. My
question is, is this a Motor-Voter law violation? Is it actionable, are
there attorney's fees provisions in the statute? Can anyone make a referral
to a lawyer who works on such cases?
I am planning to return to the BMV branch later in the week to try to
verify the details of what their policy is.
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