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The court's unanimous ruling did not address the merits of the
law, instead finding that the conservative group that had
challenged the law, the Minnesota Voters Alliance, did not have
the legal standing to do so.
In a statement, the alliance's founder, Doug Seaton, said the
decision "sidesteps the necessary constitutional scrutiny" of
the law.
Walz, a two-term governor, was named the running mate for
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Tuesday. The
two were traveling to Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday during
their first campaign swing as a White House ticket.
The law in question allows felons to vote after they have been
released from prison, even if they remain on parole or
probation. Incarcerated felons are not permitted to cast ballots
in Minnesota.
The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
criticized Walz on Tuesday for supporting the law, even though
Trump himself was convicted of 34 felonies in New York this year
for falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money payment
to a porn star.
Trump lives and votes in Florida, which defers to the
jurisdiction where a conviction occurred when determining
whether a felon can vote. Under New York law, similar to
Minnesota, convicted felons such as Trump are permitted to vote
unless they are incarcerated at the time of the election.
Trump has maintained his innocence and claimed without evidence
that the New York case is part of a Democratic conspiracy
against him.
(Reporting by Joseph Ax in Princeton, New JerseyEditing by Deepa
Babington and Matthew Lewis)
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