Kelli Jo Griffin appears in court in Keokuk, Iowa on March 19, 2014. On Thursday, June 30, 2016, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that felons automatically lose their voting rights for life in Iowa. The decision declined to restore suffrage to thousands of former offenders. The court turned away a legal challenge filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Griffin, who lost her voting rights after being convicted of a nonviolent drug offense. The group argued that felons like Griffin had not committed "infamous crimes" and therefore should not be disenfranchised. (John Gaines / AP)