Nebraska Republicans Pulled the Most Anti-Voter Stunt Yet
The Nebraska Supreme Court blocked an effort by top elected officials to stop a law restoring voting rights to formerly incarcerated felons.
Nebraska’s Supreme Court blocked a voter suppression move by Governor Jim Pillen and other Republicans.
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In one of the more blatantly political moves in an election season filled with them, the top elected officials in Nebraska tried to suppress voter turnout by blocking a law that would allow thousands of residents with prior felony convictions to vote in November.
Thankfully, the Nebraska Supreme Court short-circuited the attempt by Republican Attorney General Mike Hilgers and Republican Secretary of State Robert Evnen, and upheld the law that provides a process for formerly incarcerated Nebraskans to register to vote once their sentences are completed.