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ACLU Challenges Alabama Voter Felony Law

HeadlineJul 23, 2008

In Alabama, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit challenging a state law barring certain convicted felons from voting. The ACLU says the state attorney general illegally imposed a series of additional crimes that would render a felon unable to vote.

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