Posted on 09/29/2016 7:06:05 PM PDT by drewh
Convicted felons serving jail sentences in California county jails will now get to participate in an activity besides three meals a day and recreation time: votingin elections. Governor Jerry Brown signed new legislation into effect as part of a reform backers say will help prisoners transition back into society while still serving time for their crimes. The bill he signed would let thousands of felons doing time in county jails to vote in California elections, the LA Times reported. The new law also reinstates eligibility to vote for those ex-prisoners on probation or being kept under community supervision starting next year.
One state lawmaker, Sen. Patricia Bates, slammed the legislation. “It is very disappointing that felons still serving their sentences behind bars will now be able to vote since Governor Brown failed to veto this really bad bill,” she said in a statement. But Daniel Zingale, senior vice president of The California Endowment health foundation, told the paper, 'Mass disenfranchisement for minor offenses is a tragic legacy of the Jim Crow era that disproportionately affects and diminishes the power of communities of color.' California's action fits within a broader national push to expand voting rights for ex-felons, with laws getting determined state by state.
Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe has been battling with his state's legislature in the courts over his own effort to restore voting rights. In his latest action, he individually restored voting rights to 13,000 felons. McAuliffe cited the power of 'second chances.'
In Congress, Democrats have introduced legislation to restore voting rights in federal elections to criminals upon release from jail, while Kentucky Senator Rand Paul introduced legislation to restore voting rights to non-violent offenders. 'It would be transformative if everybody voted, President Obama told a Cleveland crowd last year.
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Januaary 1, 2017
He fought in World War II. He died in 2014. And he just registered to vote in Va.
RICHMOND — The FBI and local police are investigating how at least 19 dead Virginians were recently re-registered to vote in this critical swing state.
One case came to light after relatives of a deceased man received a note congratulating him for registering, Rockingham County Commonwealth’s Attorney Marsha Garst said Thursday.
“His family members were very distraught,” said Garst, who confirmed the existence of the FBI and police investigation but said she could provide few details because the case is ongoing.
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All of the forms had been submitted by a private group that was working to register voters on the campus of James Madison University, according to the Harrisonburg registrar’s office. The group was not identified. No charges have been filed.
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House Minority Leader David Toscano (D-Charlottesville) said the case was not proof of voter fraud since no one had actually managed to cast a vote in the names of the dead.
“First of all, there was no voter fraud — they caught him,” Toscano said. “Nobody cast a vote. ... There’s still no evidence of that going on in the state. But there is evidence every time you turn around that the Republicans are trying to make it more difficult for citizens to vote in elections.” [what a load of horse hockey!!! ~D~]
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And they’ll get to vote-in new taxes without feeling any effect! In fact for the most part they will be shielded from any consequence of their voting.
Criminals are natural DemocRats.
We are so screwed as a nation.
I pray Trump wins, but even if he does, he only slows down our march towards destruction a tiny bit.
The American people have shown they are willing to continue to vote for the perpetrators of these acts and demonize anyone who dares oppose them.
Violent felons or harm nobody felons?
>The American people have shown ...
They are unwilling to kill those trying to kill them.
Umm...felons have their civil rights stripped, that is the point of a felony
8 years of hellary and this will be national policy from the liberals!
I imagine there will be lots of jobs building gallows big enough to hang so many degenerate marxist democrat scum.
Atrocious.
That is what I thought.
I did not think this was a state issue, but I do not remember.
Brown is just using his office to buy the felon vote.
LOL!
Awesome, a felon cannot own a firearm, but vote? Oh hell yes!
“... The bill would let felons in county jails vote in California elections ...”
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Inmates in the county jail vote for the county sheriff.
The inmates really do run the asylum.
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