Nebraska Supreme Court hears arguments on felon voting law

LINCOLN — Nebraska Supreme Court justices on Wednesday peppered lawyers from the ACLU and the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office with questions about whether the Legislature has the constitutional authority to restore the voting rights of people who committed felonies. During the oral arguments, justices probed whether that power is instead reserved for the executive branch via the Pardons Board, which was the argument advanced in an advisory opinion by Attorney General Mike Hilgers. Some justices asked whether the court should consider the broader constitutional question on voting rights and pardons or decide only whether Secretary of State Bob Evnen had the authority to avoid implementing a law the Legislature passed this spring. Aaron Sanderford, Nebraska Examiner. 

 

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