Legislators voted to restore voting rights to more people convicted of felonies, but a dispute over that law’s constitutionality created pre-election confusion. By Mitch Smith Nebraska’s ...

L.B. 53 was estimated to restore voting rights to 59,000 Nebraskans when passed 14 years ago. Under a conservative estimate, then, these two laws reenfranchised at least 66,000 people.

The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could upend voting rights for tens of thousands of people convicted of felonies in the state and threaten a law that’s been on ...

By MARGERY A. BECK. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s top election official had no authority to strip voting rights from people convicted of a felony, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska’s top election official had no authority to strip voting rights from people convicted of a felony, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that could add ...

LINCOLN (AP) -- With a new law to allow felons to vote in Nebraska set to take effect in September, several groups are readying a campaign they hope will get ...

Nebraska's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Republican Secretary of State Bob Evnen lacked the authority to deny voting rights to individuals convicted of felonies.. This ruling could add over ...

- 801 - NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT ADVANCE SHEETS 317 NEBRASKA REPORTS STATE EX REL. SPUNG v. EVNEN Cite as 317 Neb. 800 Christopher L. Eickholt, of Eickholt Law, L.L.C., for amicus curiae Nebraska ...

Oct. 16 (UPI) --Felons in Nebraska who have completed their sentences can register to vote and participate in the Nov. 5 general election, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. "We issue the ...

The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could upend voting rights for tens of thousands of people convicted of felonies in the state and threaten a law that’s been on ...