SPLC sues to restore Mississippi citizens' voting rights

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

Mississippi’s lifetime voting ban strips citizens of their right to vote for many offenses, such as writing a bad check or stealing wood.
It disproportionately harms African-American voters. It even lets legislators decide whose voting rights to restore. And it’s unconstitutional for all of those reasons, according to a suit filed today on behalf of Mississippians seeking to regain their right to vote.

To read more:

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2018/03/27/splc-sues-restore-mississippi-citizens-voting-rights

[Igel]

1. The process is a bit onerous, but there is a process.

One that doesn't involve the legislature.

It's a hoop (two, actually, maybe 3--depends how you count them) to show that after doing something anti-social you want to be admitted to society again.

[guillaumeb]

2. My view is that restoration should be automatic.

But encouraging the vote is not a GOP position.