Posted on 01/03/2018 8:38:42 AM PST by pabianice
Today, Florida disenfranchises almost 1.5 million of its citizens, more than 11 states’ populations and roughly a quarter of the more than six million Americans who are unable to vote because of a criminal record.
Felon disenfranchisement is a destructive, pointless policy that hurts not only individuals barred from the ballot box, but American democracy at large. Its post-Civil War versions are explicitly racist, and its modern-day rationales are thin to nonexistent. It can make all the difference in places like Florida, which didn’t stop being competitive in 2000; the state remains a major presidential battleground, and victories for both parties in state and local elections are often narrow.
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You create a separate class of people doing that. If a person cannot be trusted to be released back into society with all rights restored, then a person cannot be trusted to be released back into society period.
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Thanks, Leaning Right. Good to know specifics.
Felons are disenfranchised. So Felons cannot vote fellow felons, or those who promise questionable policies that condone illegal activities into office. Sounds good to me.
All that voter has to do is go to the registrar's office present ID and enter a new signature.
Me thinks that a lot of voter drive registrations, don't vote, but the registration groups votes in their stead absentee.
I agree with you. If someone's doing their time for their crime then that's one thing, but once they're finished and back out paying taxes and living a normal life again, I see no reason to put restrictions on them about voting/guns/etc.
If someone committed voter fraud felonies, then I can see blocking them from voting during their parole/probation after they've done their time, and similar restrictions on gun ownership if they have a history of armed robberies or something like that.
But... to forbid someone like Dinesh D'Souza from ever voting again because he was convicted of giving his cousin a thousand bucks during her campaign is completely unfair in my opinion.
“Me thinks that a lot of voter drive registrations, don’t vote, but the registration groups votes in their stead absentee.”
I agree. Our country needs to prosecute a few cases in each state to bring integrity to the voting system.
Convicted Felons have forfeited the privilege to “VOTE”. All Convicted Felony Criminals have NO “Right” to vote .
The line has been drawn in the sand , those who commit
serious crimes no longer have any say so in voting.
They are enemies of the social system.
This established rule of law is in place as a deterrent to crime. It is one of the consequences of breaking the law.
All crime must carry consequences , Only those law abiding citizens should have the Privilege To Vote
...............end of story.
To be accurate...1.5 million people chose to forgo their right to vote by committing a felony.
Out of curiosity, how many of them actually vote anyway?
Not all will be Democrats....
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