New York passes bill to automatically restore voting rights to individuals on parole Dartunorro Clark © Provided by NBC News
A measure that would restore the voting rights of people on parole was delivered Thursday to the desk of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The bill, passed earlier this year by the state Senate, was approved by the state Assembly on Wednesday. Both chambers have a Democratic majority. The legislation essentially codifies an executive order signed by Cuomo in 2018 that grants conditional pardons to every parolee in the state an estimated 35,000 and restores their voting rights.
If signed, the new law would eliminate the conditional pardon application process and give people on parole the right to vote immediately upon their release from prison. Up to now, anyone convicted of a felony and on parole or probation could not vote unless the right was explicitly restored by the government. Supporters say many formerly incarcerated people don’t
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How many state supreme court justices are people of color? Judiciary doesn t reflect population, report says
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Only 17% of justices on state supreme courts are Black, Latino, Asian American or Native American, according to a report by the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law.
The figure is far below the percentage of people of color in the U.S. population, which stands at 40%, according to the report. But it is two percentage points higher than in 2019, when 15% of justices were people of color.
In 22 states, no justices identify as a person of color.
The Hoosier State is fighting an injunction barring enforcement of a statute laying out new rules for removing voters from registration lists.
Voters line up outside of the Vigo County Annex in Terre Haute, Ind.,. on Nov. 5, 2018. (Austen Leake/Tribune-Star via AP)
CHICAGO (CN) – Indiana argued before a Seventh Circuit panel Thursday that its new voter purging rules should be allowed to take effect.
After losing a legal battle over its initial 2017 statute SB 422, which updated how the state can remove registered voters who may have moved out of state, Indiana passed a new law, SEA 334, which was the subject of oral arguments at the Chicago-based appeals court.