Here is the link: I was Arrested For Voting
"Let me explain: When I was convicted on a nonviolent drug charge in 2008, my defense attorney told me that once I served my probation, I would regain my right to vote automatically – correct information at the time. But Gov. Terry Branstad suddenly changed the rules in 2011, and now all citizens with a felony conviction lose their voting rights for life . Our Secretary of State Matt Schultz, in fact, has made this subversion of democracy a point of pride. He has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars hunting down and prosecuting people with past convictions who unknowingly registered or cast a vote.
Including me."
I thought changes to the penalty for a crime could not be applied retroactively to people who were convicted before the change was made law. Was I wrong about that?
I'm glad the ACLU is taking up the case.