Legal Opinion
American Civil Rights Union v. Philadelphia City Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 25, 2017No. 16-3811PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
McKEE, Circuit Judge.
The American Civil Rights Union (“ACRU”) challenges the Philadelphia City Commissioners’ failure to purge the city’s voter rolls of registered voters who are currently incarcerated due to a felony conviction. Because state law prohibits felons from voting while they are in prison, the ACRU argues that the National Voter Registration Act requires the Commissioners to remove them from the voter rolls. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the District Court’s dismissal of this suit.
I. Background
A. Factual and Procedural Background
The ACRU is a…
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