Nebraska's top state court on Wednesday upheld a state law allowing felons who have completed their sentences to vote, enabling thousands more people to cast ballots in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election.

Nebraska residents who were convicted of felonies and have finished their sentences can vote in the November election, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, potentially opening the door for thousands of Nebraskans to cast their ballot.

The state Supreme Court ruled the secretary of state had no authority to declare unconstitutional a state law that restored the voting rights of those who have been convicted of a felony.