More than 50,000 Minnesotans — many of them Black, Indigenous and people of color — are kept from voting because of their criminal record. Two of the people who are fighting to regain their right to vote sat in the Minnesota Supreme Court chamber Tuesday as their case was heard.

If they win, tens of thousands of Minnesotans who are “on paper,” or on probation or supervised release, stand to get a chance to vote much sooner than they otherwise would.

Brian Bakst is covering the story for MPR News. He joined Minnesota Now host Cathy Wurzer to tell her more.

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