Voting Rights – Sex Offender

By: Derek Hawkins//May 21, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Brian Valenti v. Connie Lawson, et al.

Case No.: 17-3207

Officials: EASTERBROOK and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and GILBERT, District Judge.

Focus: Voting Rights – Sex Offender

Plaintiff Brian Valenti is a convicted felon and registered sex offender. Even though his felony conviction is predicated on a sexual act with a child victim, Valenti believes that the state of Indiana is violating his right to vote by refusing to let him enter a polling site located at a school. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the state defendants. We affirm.

Affirmed

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