Voting Rights

A case brought by the ACLU on behalf of three citizens who had served their prison terms but were denied the right to vote solely because they owed money

The ACLU submitted an amicus brief in a lawsuit by a candidate who claimed that illegal votes were cast in the 2005 state governor’s election by persons previously convicted of a felony.

Two Yakima citizens charge that the City of Yakima’s election system unlawfully dilutes the Latino vote

A lifelong Pasco resident challenges the City of Pasco’s at-large election system for violating the Voting Rights Act by unlawfully diluting the vote of Latinos in City Council elections.

In a ground-breaking ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in January 2010 struck down our state constitution’s provision barring felons from voting.