Posted on 05/07/2014 8:47:14 PM PDT by Olog-hai
An Alameda County judge has ruled that Secretary of State Debra Bowen erred when she told California election officials to forbid some 42,000 former prisoners and other felons from registering to vote.
Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillos decision Wednesday likely comes too late to permit former state inmates and others put under community supervision because of the states prison overcrowding to register in time to vote in the states primary elections. [ ]
The case centers on Gov. Jerry Browns decision in 2011 to make room in the states crowded prisons by creating new classes of offenderslow-level felons who serve their sentences in county jail instead of state prison and felons released from prison who are supervised by county probation departments instead of state parole agents.
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Judges who make law should be removed from the bench
Hey Judgy! Who gets to “supervise” their votes? The DemocRATS?
How did the judge here “make law”?
Obama’s “Get out the vote” Campaign has begun were it should end: IN PRISON!
What’s the “supervision” part? Judge not convinced the felons will vote ‘Rat?
Is it not a felony to circumvent law Judge?
No, they don't.
The US Constitution is pretty clear on voting and felons.
Not much wiggle-room, even for a worm like Brown.
“The US Constitution is pretty clear on voting and felons.”
Yes, the Constitution is clear that felons MAY be prohibited from voting. The Constitution does not, in any way, REQUIRE that felons be prohibited from voting - states may choose whether or not (and to what extent) to restrict felons from voting.
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