Felony voting ban lawsuit could now affect 30,000 disenfranchised Mississippians

R.L. Nave, Mississippi TodayThe Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit in federal court over the state’s voter disenfranchisement laws. From left: Attorneys Jonathan Youngwood and Jody Owens with plaintiffs Dennis Hopkins, Walter Kuhn and Byron Coleman in Jackson.
A federal judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi’s felony disenfranchisement laws.
Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III granted class certification