This is an outrage - but I guess the Dems are running out of voters.
The Dem party -- the party preferred by felons. What does that tell you?
They also get big numbers from mental hospitals and care facilities. They have been very good at harvesting those mail-in ballots. And, of course, we can never get the dead voters from them. They will have those forever.
I think most everyone deserves a second chance. People make mistakes, especially in their younger life. America is all about second chances.
I would not assume all of them are going to vote Democratic.
I wouldn't worry too much about Nebraska becoming a democratic stronghold.
Alriiiight!
Same arguments can be used to restore firearms rights to (non-violent) felons. I'm sure they'll hop right on that.
I don't agree that felons should lose the right to vote forever. If they are out of jail, haven't they paid their debt to society? And if they haven't paid their debt, why are they out of jail?
Considering all the ludicrous crap that can lead to a felony conviction, I'm not too upset about this.
Yet another victory in the leftist onslaught against the US. Now a coven of black-robed mullahs in Washington can discern a "growing plurality" among the states for felons to vote. Only a matter of time.
This case is the same, allowing felons to vote in two years without being pardoned is the first step. Then it will go to one, then none, then felons will be allowed to vote while in prison. It is only a matter of time.
Thanks democrats, thanks a lot. /Sarcasm OFF
I have to disagree on this topic. What happens if someone beaks into a family's home and the father beats the intruder to death. That father is then convicted of a felony for using excessive force. Is he to lose his voting rights upon completing his sentence?
How about all of you people out there that drive after a few drinks with your buddies. It's pure luck that you haven't been busted for a DUI..which is a felony. Are you now ineligible to vote for the rest of your life?
I don't think anyone, save God (death), has the right to take away anotehr person's vote. I know that this may lean towards Dems, but what is right is right. It is not right for any of us to take away a person's right to vote when that person has served their punishment and paid their debt to society.
I think people who are incarcerated do not get to vote. You have lost your rights while you are serving your sentence. But once you have paid your debt (which the people have decided), then you get your right to vote back.
Now the obvious retort is, "oh it's okay for a murderer to get to vote". Well, if someone has committed that heinous of a crime, then they should have a sentence that prevents them from voting.
IMHO:
With the recent tragic events in Altanta, perhaps we should take another look at the rights of felons or wannabe felons.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this horrible deed.
The wacko group supporting this also supports giving illegal aliens resident status, driver's licenses and etc. We have a very small but effective group of liberals here that are really pi$$ing off some people and gettting some bills through that we just cannot understand. Its time to take back our state from these liberal whack jobs but they are like moles (trolls?). They somehow slip in under the radar and then WHAM!
Carole Ann Fugate for governor!
At some point, our government will make felons of us all.
Also, as long as it wasn't a violent felony, their gun rights should be restored too.
The way we're heading, everything is now a felony. Picking up and keeping a damn eagle feather can make you a felon.