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Muhammad Shabazz Farrakan et al, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Christine O. Gregoire et al, Defendants-Appellees; No. 06-35669
Muhammad Shabazz Farrakan et al, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Christine O. Gregoire et al, Defendants-Appellees; No. 06-35669
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
Jan. 08, 2010
ANNOTATION: “Plaintiffs, minority citizens of Washington state who have lost their right to vote pursuant to the state’s felon disenfranchisement provision, filed this action in 1996 challenging that provision on the ground that, due to racial discrimination in the state’s criminal justice system, the automatic disenfranchisement of felons results in the denial of the right to vote on account of race, in violation of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1973…We reverse and grant summary judgment to Plaintiffs...Plaintiffs have demonstrated that the discriminatory impact of Washington's felon disenfranchisement is attributable to racial discrimination in Washington's criminal justice system; thus, that Washington's felon disenfranchisement law violates § 2 of the VRA."
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