{"id":114959,"date":"2024-10-16T23:04:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114959"},"modified":"2024-10-16T23:04:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:04:47","slug":"people-with-felony-records-can-now-vote-in-nebraska-and-that-could-help-tip-the-balance-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114959","title":{"rendered":"People with felony records can now vote in Nebraska \u2014 and that could help tip the balance in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>OMAHA, Neb. (AP) \u2014 Nebraska\u2019s top election official had no authority to strip <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nebraska-prison-voting-rights-217fbdd478cf204a6fe9635a9c661fe9\">voting rights<\/a><\/span> from people convicted of a felony, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that could add hundreds of new voters to the rolls and potentially help tip the balance on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n<p>The order by Republican Secretary of State Bob Evnen could have kept 7,000 or more Nebraskans from voting in the upcoming election, the American Civil Liberties Union has said. Many of them reside in Nebraska\u2019s Omaha-centered 2nd Congressional District, where both the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nebraska-special-session-winner-take-all-4068e3ee50f9eeb0054a87da03ab7f4b\">race for president<\/a><\/span> and the makeup of Congress could be in play.<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska overall is heavily Republican but is one of only two states \u2014 the other is Maine \u2014 that apportions its Electoral College votes by congressional district. The Omaha-area district has twice awarded its one vote to Democratic presidential candidates \u2014 to Barack Obama in 2008 and again to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-lincoln-omaha-93fdcb5a05fc62878b4fe70c2f7f6e5a\">Joe Biden in 2020.<\/a><\/span> In a 2024 presidential race shown by polling to be a dead heat, a single electoral vote could determine who wins.<\/p>\n<p>Given the Omaha district\u2019s history, Democratic presidential nominee <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/span> and Democratic groups have spent millions there to secure the precious electoral vote \u2014 far more than former President Donald Trump and Republican groups.<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska also has competitive races for one U.S. Senate seat and the 2nd District\u2019s U.S. House seat. Two-term Republican Sen. Deb Fischer faces her strongest challenge yet in independent candidate Dan Osborn, a former union leader who has eschewed both major parties. In the House race, Republican Rep. Don Bacon is running against Democratic state Sen. Tony Vargas in a rematch of the 2022 election, which Bacon narrowly won with 51% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The last day to register to vote for the 2024 general election in Nebraska is Oct. 25 and must be done in person. Election Day is Nov. 5.<\/p>\n<p>Evnen in July had ordered county election officials to reject the voter registrations of those with felony convictions, citing an opinion issued by Attorney General Mike Hilgers. That opinion, which Evnen had requested, deemed as unconstitutional a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/voting-rights-felons-nebraska-elections-49dee80b7787a60d33b25a35aefa6e98\">law passed this year<\/a><\/span> by the Legislature immediately restoring the voting rights of people who have completed the terms of their felony sentences.<\/p>\n<p>Hilgers\u2032 opinion said that the law violated the state constitution\u2019s separation of powers and that only the state Board of Pardons under the control of the executive branch could restore voting rights through pardons.<\/p>\n<p>Pardons are exceedingly rare in Nebraska. Evnen, Hilgers and Gov. Jim Pillen make up the three-member Board of Pardons. All three are Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The opinion also found unconstitutional a 2005 state law that restored the voting rights of people with felony convictions two years after they complete the terms of their sentences.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU is representing advocacy group Civic Nebraska and two Nebraska residents, a Republican and an independent, who would be denied the right to vote under Evnen\u2019s directive. Because Evnen\u2019s move came only weeks ahead of the November election, the ACLU asked to take the lawsuit directly to the Nebraska Supreme Court, and the high court agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Restoring the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/voting-rights-felons-criminal-justice-elections-race-b394bb0347a42b1c3dc7c9b44d23fa7e\">voting rights of former felons<\/a><\/span> has drawn national attention in recent years. In Florida, lawmakers weakened a 2018 voter-approved constitutional amendment to restore the voting rights of most people convicted of felonies. Following that, an <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-voting-rights-florida-presidential-bfbf3d7d4f5dea4fa2a11589e4235c71\">election police unit<\/a><\/span> championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis arrested 20 such people. Several said they were <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ron-desantis-voting-rights-florida-crime-arrests-31f2ed111f69f11950f745da9183f0cf\">confused by the arrests<\/a><\/span> because they had been allowed to register to vote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 Election Today's news: Follow live updates from the campaign trail from the AP. Ground Game: Sign up for AP's weekly politics newsletter to get it in your inbox every Monday. AP's Role: The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848. Learn more.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 Election<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In Tennessee, lawmakers <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tennessee-voting-rights-gun-rights-f8b2104bdce087e6d935b640aaf6f5e2\">killed a bipartisan bill<\/a><\/span> this year that would have let residents convicted of felonies apply to vote again without also restoring their gun rights.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of states allow people living with felony convictions to vote, either for those not currently in prison or upon completion of their sentences. Two states, Maine and Vermont, allow everyone, even those in prison, to vote. But despite a recent trend toward restoration of rights, felony disenfranchisement laws prevent around 5.85 million people across the country from voting, according to the ACLU.<\/p>\n<p>Felony disenfranchisement laws date to the Jim Crow era and mainly targeted Black people, according to experts. Black registered voters have an overwhelmingly positive\u202fview of Harris, according to a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harris-trump-election-black-voters-biden-78e344ddea4886dd23582f4a51eb0da6\">recent poll<\/a><\/span> from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/felony-voting-rights-nebraska-lawsuit-dfe043a32fb667b4461bf2f2ac4217fe\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OMAHA, Neb. 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