North Carolina federal judge finds felony disenfranchisement law is unconstitutional

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North Carolina federal judge finds felony disenfranchisement law is unconstitutional

A federal judge in North Carolina found on Tuesday that the state’s 147-year-old voting law is unconstitutional. US District Judge Loretta Biggs found that a state law, which prevents convicted felons from casting a vote, violates the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution. The lawsuit arose when civil rights group North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute and Action challenged the…