Criminal
Mar. 9, 2012
Groups claim criminals' voting rights wrongly disenfranchised
A memorandum from the state's top elections official has sparked controversy - and now legal action - over the alleged disenfranchisement of some criminals' voting rights.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A memorandum from the state's top elections official has sparked controversy - and now legal action - over the alleged disenfranchisement of some criminals' voting rights.
In the memo, the secretary of state's office lays out new guidelines that explicitly forbid county officials from registering to vote felons sentenced under California's new realignment laws, which shift non-violent, ...
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