The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 25, 2025
Appeals Court Affirms North Carolina’s Jim Crow-Era Returning Felon Voting Law is Unconstitutional, and Questions Why It Wasn’t Repealed
The striking down of an 1877 Jim Crow-era law making it a crime for citizens convicted of a felony to vote when their rights had not yet been restored was affirmed by a federal appeals court Sept. 12th. Judges asked why the North Carolina legislature had not already repealed the law.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

Courthouse News Service - (2024) North Carolina advocates praise progress as judge finds prosecuting felon voters unconstitutional
U.S. District Court for Middle District of NC (Via Courthouse News Service) - Ruling in A. Philip Randolph Institute v. NC Board of Elections
North Carolina Newsline - (May) Federal appeals court panel grills attorneys for North Carolina over felon voting statute
Courthouse News Service - Fourth Circuit finds North Carolina's felon voter law unconstitutional
Southern Coalition for Social Justice - Federal Appeals Court Affirms: NC Cannot Prosecute Voters Under Racist Law
4th Circuit Court of Appeals (via SCSJ) - Opinion in A. Philip Randolph Institute v. NC Board of Elections
Groups Taking Action:

NC A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE, Action North Carolina, Restoration of Rights Project
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