{"id":22496,"date":"2024-07-23T09:16:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=press&p=22496"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:47:08","slug":"national-voting-in-prison-coalition-responds-to-the-recent-rollbacks-of-felony-disenfranchisement-reforms-in-nebraska-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/press\/national-voting-in-prison-coalition-responds-to-the-recent-rollbacks-of-felony-disenfranchisement-reforms-in-nebraska-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"LA COALICI\u00d3N NACIONAL DE VOTACI\u00d3N EN PRISIONES RESPONDE A LAS RECIENTES RETROCESO DE LAS REFORMAS DE PRIVACI\u00d3N DEL DERECHO A LOS PENALES EN NEBRASKA Y MISSISSIPPI\u00a0"},"template":"","class_list":["post-22496","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, the National Voting In Prison Coalition (NVPC), a group of organizations dedicated to dismantling barriers to voting rights, objects to the recent legal efforts in Nebraska and Mississippi which undermine the voting rights of individuals impacted by the criminal legal system.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7806}"],"related_issues":[139,2051],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Washington, DC <\/strong>\u2014 Hoy en d\u00eda, el Coalici\u00f3n Nacional para Votar en Prisiones<\/strong> (NVPC), un grupo de organizaciones dedicadas a desmantelar las barreras al derecho al voto, se opone a los recientes esfuerzos legales en Nebraska<\/a> y Misisip\u00ed<\/a> which undermine the voting rights of individuals impacted by the criminal legal system:\r\n\r\n\u201cWhile the media\u2019s attention was occupied by the Republican National Convention, Republicans in Nebraska and Mississippi worked under the radar to reverse critical voting rights progress in their states,\u201d said Los miembros de la coalici\u00f3n. <\/strong>\u201cLa Coalici\u00f3n Nacional para Votar en Prisiones condena en\u00e9rgicamente estas maniobras que obstruyen el proceso democr\u00e1tico y llama a los funcionarios de Nebraska y Mississippi a restablecer los derechos de voto de las personas involucradas con la justicia\u201d.\r\n\r\n"<\/strong>In Nebraska, just two days before a new state law was set to restore voting rights to people who have completed their sentences, Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued an opinion challenging the Legislature's authority, arguing that the Nebraska Constitution grants the Nebraska Pardons Board exclusive power to restore voting rights.\r\n\r\n\u201cAlthough the Attorney General\u2019s opinion is not the law, Nebraska\u2019s Secretary of State has effectively halted the voter registrations of eligible citizens in agreement with Hilgers' opinion. This not only undermines Nebraska\u2019s legislative process, but disenfranchises and discourages\u00a0 individuals who are trying to reintegrate into their communities and participate in our democracy.\r\n\r\n\u201cOn the same day, a federal appeals court in Mississippi upheld the state's practice of disenfranchising individuals convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent offenses such as forgery and timber theft. This decision perpetuates a practice rooted in the Jim Crow era, where voting rights were stripped upon conviction of crimes Black citizens were more likely to be convicted of. The disenfranchising crimes listed in the Mississippi Constitution continues to disproportionately affect Black communities.\r\n\r\n\u201cSince 1997, 26 states and the District of Columbia have expanded voting rights for individuals with felony convictions, enabling over 2 million eligible residents to regain their right to vote. These recent regressive decisions in Nebraska and Mississippi undermine the will of the people and take both states backward. The National Voting in Prison Coalition calls on state lawmakers to remove all barriers to the ballot and restore the rights of people impacted by the criminal-legal system.\u201d\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nLa Coalici\u00f3n Nacional para Votar en Prisiones<\/strong> (NVPC) es una coalici\u00f3n nacional de organizaciones de justicia penal y democracia formada para promover el derecho al voto garantizado para los estadounidenses involucrados con la justicia, incluidos aquellos que est\u00e1n actualmente o anteriormente encarcelados o de otra manera afectados por el sistema legal penal."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"\nNATIONAL VOTING IN PRISON COALITION RESPONDS TO THE RECENT ROLLBACKS OF FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT REFORMS IN NEBRASKA & MISSISSIPPI\u00a0 - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/prensa\/national-voting-in-prison-coalition-responds-to-the-recent-rollbacks-of-felony-disenfranchisement-reforms-in-nebraska-mississippi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NATIONAL VOTING IN PRISON COALITION RESPONDS TO THE RECENT ROLLBACKS OF FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT REFORMS IN NEBRASKA & MISSISSIPPI\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/prensa\/national-voting-in-prison-coalition-responds-to-the-recent-rollbacks-of-felony-disenfranchisement-reforms-in-nebraska-mississippi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-29T13:47:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press\/national-voting-in-prison-coalition-responds-to-the-recent-rollbacks-of-felony-disenfranchisement-reforms-in-nebraska-mississippi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press\/national-voting-in-prison-coalition-responds-to-the-recent-rollbacks-of-felony-disenfranchisement-reforms-in-nebraska-mississippi\/\",\"name\":\"NATIONAL VOTING IN PRISON COALITION RESPONDS TO THE RECENT ROLLBACKS OF FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT REFORMS IN NEBRASKA & MISSISSIPPI\u00a0 - 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