Posted on 09/05/2006 8:57:48 AM PDT by TitansAFC
In Tennessee, liberal activists are busy registering ex-felons to vote in time for the November elections. Tipster Tom sends a press release issued by the local NAACP chapter:
100,000 Ex-Felons Gain Right To Vote In Tennessee - In Time For November Elections
On September 5, 2006 at the Clarksville - Montgomery County Board of Education, Building 621 Gracey Ave., Clarksville, TN, starting at 6:30 p.m. a special panel of guests that will include:
Representatives from the Election Commission, TN Bar Association, The Brennan Center for Justice, as well as a Former Convicted Felon who will vote for the first time in his life, will participate in a "Get Your Right to Vote Back" Town Hall Meeting.
What was once the country's most confusing voter restoration system, with six different procedures and sub-categories for restoration, has now been streamlined into a single restoration process which will give back the state's 100,000 former felons their right to vote, has many of them flocking to town hall meetings hosted by the ACLU & NAACP across the state.
The meeting is expected to be attended by Former Felons, Family Members of Former Felons, Attorneys, Law Enforcement, City & County Officials, Judges, Politicians, Church Clergy, Etc. and a tentatively scheduled special appearance by TN Governor Phil Bredesen, who signed the bill into law in June 2006.
The League of Women Voters will be on hand to conduct voter registration for Former Felons and any other potential voters in the Community.
We urge you, the Media, to come out to cover and learn more about this important voting rights issue.
UNLOCK YOUR VOTING RIGHTS TODAY!
Will felons be the critical swing vote this fall? Stay tuned.
I hope 100,000 votes can't change the race in Tennessee.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Democrat base.
BUMP
They're registering themselves?
I suspect most "ex felons" are ex felons for a reason. In my case it's because I became more conservative and my voting record reflects that. These days I'm a strict law and order conservative. Oddly enough other former felon FReepers seem to feel the same way and there are a lot more of us than you may think.
Frankly a current felon couldn't care less about voting one way or the other. Maine is the only state that allows incarcerated people to vote and in my opinion that's a horrible idea. You have to figure that a man in prison will vote just to change the pace for a day and he will likely vote for the candidate most willing to give him a break.
However this is an issue for the residents of your state to decide. I just wanted to give you a bit of an insider opinion on it.
BTW my crime was drunk driving.
No such thing as an ex-Felon. Just an ex-con.
I know of three on FR (two personally known to me). They were caught up in the child-abuse witchhunt of the 80s.
vislack signed his executive order restoring voting rights for felons in Iowa on July 4th, 2005, yup, Independence Day...:|
Let's leave their race out of this.
As would I. Everyone votes for the candidate who most accurately reflects their beliefs and political points of view. And in the case of the felon, the welfare recipient, the abortionist, and the chronically dependent, that is the Democrat.
I hear Tupac Shakur taped one of those “Vote or Die” commercials for the DNC.
Part of the problem is people on both sides of the aisle pushing falsehoods. Here in Michigan John Conyers has repeatedly stated that people with felony records are denied the right to vote. It's a lie and he knows it's a lie. He wants people in prison, jail, on parole, or probation voting and that's a horrible idea.
"The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise."
Thanks for sharing that with us. Years ago in my fraternity days, I did as most dumb kids did --- drove home from a frat party a few times after consuming. It could have happened to many of us during our youthful stupidity.
Before any former felon ever votes, he should be made to make full restitution to victims.
Every vote should count, at least RAT votes count twice!
When you're a union thug, specifically a low-paid union thug, you're expected to participate in the same group-think, group-speak, and group-act that the "historically underprivileged" have been trained to do - remember, anything that requires you to compete based on your own talent, eduction, work ethic, or negotiation skills is INHERENTLY exclusionary of minorities and unions. At least that's what they tell us, every chance they get.
I agree!
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