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Forget amnesty, look where Democrats now hunt for votes
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | March 23, 2010 | Drew Zahn

Posted on 03/24/2010 3:25:09 AM PDT by Man50D

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!

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: convicts; conyers; dsa; electionfraud; mcauliffe; obama; terrymcaulife
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1 posted on 03/24/2010 3:25:09 AM PDT by Man50D
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To: Man50D
That socialist method ties in with this socialist plan. Soros Eyes Secretaries
2 posted on 03/24/2010 3:28:09 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: Man50D

Tea party needs to pour cold tea on these schemes.


3 posted on 03/24/2010 3:30:33 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Man50D

I guess convicted felons don’t ever need to find jobs.


4 posted on 03/24/2010 3:31:51 AM PDT by stevem
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Or worry about being laid off if they do.


5 posted on 03/24/2010 3:35:24 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Man50D

As far as I am concerned after taking bribes and pay-offs for their votes half the Democrats in Congress should be convicted felons.


6 posted on 03/24/2010 3:42:55 AM PDT by Venturer
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The bill, sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich...

Lay off poor John already. He's just trying to make sure his wife can still vote for him.

7 posted on 03/24/2010 3:43:19 AM PDT by Spartan79
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To: Man50D

Looks like they might be walking a slippery slope with this one. If this passes and is upheld by the courts, by the same logic, “a civil rights issue and a matter of freedom” any felon released from prison should get their 2nd amendment right to own a gun reinstated.


8 posted on 03/24/2010 4:03:47 AM PDT by apillar
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The bill, sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich

Conyers is the same constitutional illiterate that was quoting saying the "‘Good and Welfare Clause’ Authorizes Congress to Force Americans to Buy Health Insurance".

The Constitution makes the Electoral College vote the business of Congress. However, the Congress is not empowered by the Constitution to direct the states how to conduct voting as long as the states observe amendments 15, 19, and 24.

To add to the folly in Congress this constitutional putz is the House Judiciary Committee Chairman.

9 posted on 03/24/2010 4:43:03 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
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To: Man50D

bttt


10 posted on 03/24/2010 5:20:39 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: Man50D

They are just working to support their base.


11 posted on 03/24/2010 5:24:04 AM PDT by VAactivist
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To: Man50D

All demwits can be divided into two groups: idoits and felons (convicted and yet to be convicted)


12 posted on 03/24/2010 5:43:46 AM PDT by crosshairs
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It is perfectly natural for unconvicted felons to seek the votes of convicted felons. Why not? They are essentially in the same line of work. People tend to vote for people like themselves.


13 posted on 03/24/2010 5:53:08 AM PDT by docbnj
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To: Man50D

That makes sense. Even though Obama hasn’t been convicted of his massive crimes against America, he must sympathize with murderers, rapists, and other criminals who like him impose their will on those they can overpower.


14 posted on 03/24/2010 5:55:26 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Man50D
Forget amnesty

Ill-chosen headline, which isn't at all unusual for WND. But the content is interesting nonetheless.

15 posted on 03/24/2010 5:55:39 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (Those who hate the truth - then pay the price - hate the warning voice. Why? It makes them culpable.)
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I'm not sure about other states, but Idaho laws say that once you are done serving your sentence, all necessary probation or parole, you get all rights back (with one exception being the right to keep and bear arms - some felonies even get this right restored).

Personally, I'm of the opinion that if one has served all of one's time, and/or additional requirements and is no longer under probation or parole, you get all your rights back. If one could be deemed as too dangerous to have firearms anymore, why let them out? Either you are a free individual again, or you are not, no middle ground.

16 posted on 03/24/2010 7:09:14 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: MosesKnows
Amendment XIV

Section 1.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Section 2.

Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state. [emphasis added]

Looks like being a felon is a perfectly valid reason for losing voting privileges, based upon this amendment. The question, as the article notes, is why would Congress be interested in changing more than century of law and tradition...

It is wise to remember Lord Acton's admonishment that all power tends to corrupt and aboslute power tends to corrupt absolutely.
17 posted on 03/24/2010 7:17:16 AM PDT by Lucky Dog
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To: Man50D

Always watch what the other hand is doing....they are deceptive and will fight from multiple fronts, many times from hidden areas.


18 posted on 03/24/2010 7:19:23 AM PDT by clove (In God we Trust, all others need a birth certificate and picture ID)
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not all felons will vote Dem but most will

not because they are felons but because they are black or latino more disporportionately

white felons will vote their region


19 posted on 03/24/2010 7:19:43 AM PDT by wardaddy (Greetings Comrade!)
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To: IYAS9YAS

The Feds do not agree with Idaho.

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

The GOP Congress pulled funding for the 1968 GCA felon firearms waiver review in 1994 and SCOTUS pulled the right of lower court judges to grant gun permits to federal felons on a case by case application too in Federal courts.


20 posted on 03/24/2010 7:22:30 AM PDT by wardaddy (Greetings Comrade!)
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