EJS and Other Organizations File Amicus Brief Supporting Application of Voting Rights Act and Protection of Minority Voting Rights
Posted by Keith Kamisugi 1 Comment Tags: 1965 Voting Rights Act, 9th Circuit, American Parole and Probation Association, amicus brief, Cooley LLP, Farrakhan v. Gregoire, felon disenfranchisement law, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Protection of Minority Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act, Washington StateThe Equal Justice Society (EJS), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, and American Parole and Probation Association submitted an Amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit case Farrakhan v. Gregoire, which will determine whether Washington State’s felon disenfranchisement law violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA). (Download a PDF of [...]