gooden v worley 8-23-06

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1 Alabama has historically employed one of the nation's strictest disenfranchisement regimes and has a correspondingly hig h disenfranchisement rate. Note, Developments in the Law (Part VI): One Pers on, No Vote: The Laws of Felon Disenf ranchisement , 115 Harv. L. Rev. 1939, 1943 (May 2002). According to one commentator, 6.75% of Alabama's voting-age population cannot vote.  Id . at 1943-44, citing  Christopher Uggen & Jeff Manza, The Political Consequences of Felon Disenfran chisement Law s in the United States 23 (Aug. 31, 2001) (unpublished manuscript, on file with the Harvard Law School Library). IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA Richard Gooden, et al, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. ) CV-2005-5778-RSV ) Nancy Worley, et al, ) ) Defendants. ) CLASS CERTIFICATION ORDER AND FINAL ORDER ON ALL PENDING ISSUES I. Introd uctio n “The right to vote freely for the candidate of one's choice is of the ess enc e of a democr ati c soc iet y, and any res tri cti ons on tha t rig ht str ike at the hea rt ofrepresentat ive gov ern me nt.  Reynolds v. Sims , 377 U.S. 533, 555, 84 S.Ct. 1362, 1378 (1964). Yet the power of a state to generally restrict felons’ right to vote has withstood constitutional challenge. In Richardson v. Ramirez , 418 U.S. 24, 56, 94 S. Ct. 2655, 2671 (1974), the Supreme Court held that Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment allows states to "exclude from the franchise convicted felons. . . ." 1 There are limitations to the State’s ability to restrict felons’ voting rights, however, as shown by  Hunter v. Underwood , 471 U. S. 222, 105 S.Ct. 1916 (1985) . Ther e, the Supreme Court affirmed the Eleventh Circuit’s opinion striking down the former Article

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