Farrakhan

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs Muhammad Shabazz Farrakhan, Al-Kareem Shadeed, Marcus Price, Ramon Barrientes, Timothy Schaaf, and Clifton Briceno (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) are minority citi- zens1 who were convicted of felonies in Washington. Id. at 1012. As a result of their felony convictions, Plaintiffs lost their right to vote pursuant to Washington’s felon disenfran- chisement law as set forth in Article VI, § 3 of the Washing- ton Constitution.

Plaintiffs alleged that “minorities are disproportionately prosecuted and sentenced, resulting in their disproportionate representation among the persons disenfranchised under the 1 Farrakhan, Shadeed, Price, and Schaaf are African American; Barri- entes is Latino; and Briceno is Native American. 2 Article VI, § 3 provides: “All persons convicted of infamous crime unless restored to their civil rights . . . are excluded from the elective fran- chise.” An “infamous crime” is defined as one that is “punishable by death in the state penitentiary or imprisonment in a state correctional facility.” Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.04.079. Plaintiffs’ suit included a challenge to the state’s civil rights restoration procedure, see Wash. Rev. Code §…