N.C. court extends voting rights to tens of thousands with felony convictions
By Ethan E. Horton | Aug. 15The 2-1 ruling in Community Success Initiative v. Moore said the denial of voting rights to people on probation, parole or post-release supervision violates N.C. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.
- Before the ruling was implemented by the Court of Appeals, people with felony convictions who were not in jail or prison could not vote under a 1973 general statute.
- More than 56,000 people who have been denied voting rights under the almost 50-year-old statute will become newly eligible.