[familyop]

Canada will see 900,000 new pot smokers under legalization, poll implies
https://globalnews.ca/news/2995390/canada-will-see-900000-new-pot-smokers-under-legalization-poll-implies/

[familyop]

Re. "Some felons are hardened criminals, while others are just guilty of possessing a little cannabis," BTW.

[doorgunner69]

Same strategy as unlimited immigration, pad the voter roes with democrats.

[CARTOUCHE]

Why would felons even bother to vote? Do you think they were model citizens before they murdered, stole, raped and pillaged? I doubt it. Get a grip.

[M Kehoe]

In the fwiw dept, the First lady and I voted no.

5.56mm

[MayflowerMadam]

Maybe that travesty could be countered by not allowing NY snowbirds to vote there after voting in NY, etc.

[lastchance]

I am in Florida, a Conservative, and I voted in favor of the amendment. I believe that once a person has served their sentence or (in the case of a murder conviction or felony sexual assault) has their civil rights restored they should have the same franchise rights as other citizens.

I don’t think using the argument (which may not be true) that they are likely to vote for Democrats is a valid reason to take away their franchise rights forever.

[nickcarraway]

I think it's worse than you think. Yesterday, an incumbent Republican Senator barely beat a Democrat who ran full left. So, Texas is basically a purple state. And full left candidates barely lost Florida and Georgia. It's hard to imagine that the GOP isn't a regional party from this point on. How can they win without Texas?

Democrats don't even need to pretend to be moderate anymore.

[fruser1]

Felons come with their own alibi.

If they’re found dead somewhere, well, the suspects are criminals they’ve worked with, or associations of those they’ve harmed.

Just sayin’...

[nickcarraway]

It probably won’t help, but I wonder how many felons will actually bother to vote.