US Supreme Court backs Mississippi's ban on voting by felons

WASHINGTON, D.C.: On January 27, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to Mississippi's lifetime voting ban for people convicted of certain felonies.

The law, created in 1890 during the Jim Crow era, is one of the strictest in the country. It applies even after felons complete their sentences. A lawsuit argued that the ban violates the U.S. Constitution, but lower courts upheld it.

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