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Washington Felon Voting Suit Proceeds
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1998, page 22
In the October, 1997, issue of PLN we reported Farrakhan v. Locke , a lawsuit challenging the felon disenfranchisement provisions of the Washington state constitution which prohibit convicted felons from voting. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), arguing the suit failed to state a claim upon …
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
Voting,
Federal Statutory Law,
Voting Rights Act.
Location:
Washington.
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