Nebraska attorney general trying to toss laws letting felons vote after release

Published August 28, 2024 3:32pm ET



Voting rights for felons in Nebraska are in limbo after the state’s attorney general acted to toss out two voting laws. 

In a moment of bipartisan unity, the Nebraska legislature passed a law, 38 to 6, earlier this year that allowed people convicted of felonies to cast a ballot immediately after completing their sentences. The state already had a similar law from 2005 that allowed convicted felons to vote two years after completing their sentences. 

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