Nebraska's highest court still mulling felon voting rights as thousands hope to cast their ballots

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The right to the ballot for thousands of voters hangs in the balance as the Nebraska Supreme Court continues to mull a major case with less than a month before polls open. The Court heard oral arguments almost two months ago, but as of Friday, still no decision.

“I don’t understand why I have to have those wounds reopened again, when they had just healed over,” Ragenia Wright, an Omaha resident uncertain of her voting rights, said.

Wright spent 68 days behind bars with a conviction that branded her a felon. She said she got out in 2009 and started to turn her life around.

“I was so excited,” Wright said. “I began to immediately vote after my two year waiting period. I wanted to be an active participating citizen of my country and of my state.”



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