ST. PAUL, Minn. – The movement to widen the right to vote suffered a setback before the Minnesota Supreme Court. The Court ruled that a felon’s voting rights cannot be restored automatically when leaving orison. Felons must wait until their entire sentence is served, including parole, probation and supervised supervision, the Court said. This affects an estimated 66,000 former inmates. To restore their right to vote would require a clarification in state law by the Legislature.
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