Felons Fight for the Right to Vote
November 22, 2010 Front Page No Comments
Two African American men in Wisconsin are challenging the state’s regulations against felons on probation casting ballots. Michael Henderson and Olando Maclin were charged earlier this year with voting in the ‘08 Presidential Election before they’d completed probation – an illegal act, as the law currently stands. But Henderson and Maclin are making a historic stand for justice by arguing that that bias in the stat’s criminal justice system is essentially denying them the right to vote because of their race. Quote the Judge:

“If we entertain a claim that our judgments are infected by race, we put our integrity on the line,” wrote Circuit Judge Richard Sankovitz. “But if we dismiss a Voting Rights Act claim without first seeing whether it can be proved, is our integrity worth defending in the first place?”

Nice answer, Judge! Check the whole story @ the Journal Sentinel online.