Mixon v. Commonwealth

I concur in part to the majority’s conclusion: that “incarcerated felons are not *454qualified absentee electors”; that non-registered felons are not permitted to register to vote while incarcerated; and that Petitioner Williams does not have standing “to attack the statutory provisions that she challenges.” However, I respectfully dissent in part to the majority’s conclusion that “the prohibition against registration [of ex-incarcerated felons] for five years after release from confinement is constitutionally infirm....”1

In Richardson v. Ramirez, 418 U.S. 24, 94 S.Ct. 2655, 41 L.Ed.2d 551 (1974)…