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Challenge To Washington Felon Disenfranchisement Scheme Remanded For Racial Bias Test

by John E. Dannenberg

The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the broader "totality of the circumstances" standard must be used rather than just a narrower statistical burden when testing for racial bias in a prisoner voter disenfranchisement complaint. The U.S. District Court (E.D. WA) had summarily dismissed ...

 

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