Forget amnesty, look where Democrats now hunt for votes

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | March 23, 2010 | Drew Zahn

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Democrats in Congress are pushing for a new law that would allow nearly four million people currently banned from voting to cast their ballot, and most of those millions, studies show, will vote Democrat.

And where will these new voters come from?

From the ranks of convicted felons.

Last week, a House subcommittee heard testimony on H.R. 3335, the "Democracy Restoration Act." The bill seeks to override state laws , which vary in how they restrict when convicted felons released from prison can vote.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., states, "The right of an individual who is a citizen of the United States to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless such individual is serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility at the time of the election."

Advocates of the bill trumpet it as a civil rights issue and a matter of freedom, while pointing out that a disproportionate number of black and Hispanic Americans have been disenfranchised by laws restricting felons from voting.

Critics call it another example of the federal government overstepping its constitutional powers to squash state sovereignty and point out that the laws don't discriminate against minorities, for the statistics simply reflect the disproportionate numbers of black and Hispanic Americans convicted of crime.

Critics have also hinted that the law is politically convenient for Democrats.

Read the stunning report on how the unthinkable – the theft of an American election – may be on the horizon!

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Convicted of a federal crime and you get no federal voting or gun rights back short of now a president’s pardon.

I understand that. I should have qualified that it was a state felony, not federal.

[wardaddy]

i was just adding to it....i personally think felon apps should be heard individually with proof of low probability of recidivism

which was the intent in 1968 law on guns...it could apply to full restoration as well

now they the Dems are just vote mining...they sure won’t give back gun rights since they don’t like those to begin with

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Glenn Beck shed some Sunlight on this today on his show.