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Released felons gain right to vote in Maryland following veto override
The Baltimore Sun ^
| February 9, 2016
| Erin Cox
Posted on 02/09/2016 9:52:02 AM PST by House Atreides
The Maryland Senate narrowly overrode Gov. Larry Hogan's final veto from last year's General Assembly session, paving the way to reinstate voting rights to felons before they complete probation or parole.
The 29-18 vote on Tuesday puts the law on the books 30 days from now and represents a political defeat for Hogan, a Republican. The bill was the sixth that Hogan vetoed last year, and the sixth the Democrat-controlled General Assembly reinstated.
The vote, twice delayed in order to muster enough support, followed an expansive debate that touched on resolving racial disparities in the criminal justice system and protecting victims of violent crime. Proponents argued voting would help felons rejoin society. The current system requires felons to complete probation and parole before registering to vote. Supporters of the law said that process was confusing and demoralizing to people trying to rebuild their lives.
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To: House Atreides
Disenfranchisement of the parasite class by any means necessary is crucial in order to restore the Republic.
It CAN be done.
It WILL be done.
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posted on
02/09/2016 10:28:31 AM PST
by
Rome2000
(SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
To: House Atreides
So now the guy that molested your kid can now cancel out your vote.
To: House Atreides
So they can elect their fellow felons.
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posted on
02/09/2016 10:29:22 AM PST
by
Eleutheria5
(End the occupation. Annex today.)
To: House Atreides
Well, Maryland is right next to DC. If they didn’t let felons vote, none of the politicians who live in Maryland would be able to vote.
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posted on
02/09/2016 10:30:56 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: knarf
You scuba dive in lakes with guns?....................Loch Ness?.................
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posted on
02/09/2016 10:34:15 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: House Atreides
Oh well, not like Republicans had a chance in MD anyway.
This country will be luck to survive another 10 years.
Come soon, Lord Jesus!
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posted on
02/09/2016 10:34:19 AM PST
by
Angels27
To: knarf
I disagree with most “blanket” laws.
I think if a felon remains crime free, for 5 years after his sentence is complete, he regains voting right. If he commits a another felony, he loses the right forever.
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posted on
02/09/2016 10:36:31 AM PST
by
DrewsMum
(If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
To: Impy; ScottinVA; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; BillyBoy; AuH2ORepublican
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posted on
02/09/2016 10:45:09 AM PST
by
sickoflibs
(Trump : 'WAAH, There is no way I could have lost Iowa, Look at the polls. Obviously fraud')
To: House Atreides
So Freddie Grey gets to vote?
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posted on
02/09/2016 10:54:37 AM PST
by
umgud
To: umgud
My guess these felons have pledged to vote demodummie just to get out the door of the prisons, not that they would not have voted for the demodummies in the first place.
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posted on
02/09/2016 11:00:09 AM PST
by
DaveA37
To: House Atreides
The country as a whole is going down one.
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posted on
02/09/2016 11:01:45 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
If one has the right to VOTE, then one has the right to OWN and CARRY guns. The same standard applies! That means NO picture ID’s to buy guns - that is too discriminatory.
To: House Atreides
To: NRx
You can espouse your principles all you’d like, but the bottom line is that felons are a staunch liberal bloc. If you want more liberals in office, you let felons vote; if you want conservatives in office, you don’t let felons vote.
It’s unfortunate that some people wouldn’t be able to vote if they were indicted on BS such as trying to escape tax fraud on the part of the government, but results are results.
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posted on
02/09/2016 11:18:02 AM PST
by
Objective Scrutator
(All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
To: Objective Scrutator
Sorry but I don’t support disenfranchising people on the basis of their politics. There is a word for that. Dictatorship. I will just have to live with the occasional electoral disappointment.
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posted on
02/09/2016 11:24:11 AM PST
by
NRx
( Keep Cool with Coolidge in 2016!)
To: House Atreides
Released felons gain right to vote in Maryland following veto override
And that, my friends, is why we have an electoral college.
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posted on
02/09/2016 11:26:18 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: NRx
What you proposed in your post #11, removing gun rights from non-violent offenders on a second offense, is far more dictatorial than what I propose we do with voting rights. Removing the voting rights from felons (be it just or unjust) has the practical effect of soldifying the right to a gun for all citizens, which is a far more fundamental right than voting is.
If someone’s voting rights are revoked, they can attempt to flee the country, but it is possible to survive without gun rights. It is not possible to survive without gun rights.
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posted on
02/09/2016 11:39:22 AM PST
by
Objective Scrutator
(All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
To: Objective Scrutator
OOPS possible to survive without VOTING rights.
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posted on
02/09/2016 11:40:56 AM PST
by
Objective Scrutator
(All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
To: IYAS9YAS
Well said. “Having paid one’s debt to society” means nothing to the Sisters of Perpetual Punishment.
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posted on
02/09/2016 11:43:27 AM PST
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: knarf
I think anyone who serves their time and is off parole should have full citizenship rights re-instated. That is the meaning of paying one’s debt to society.
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posted on
02/09/2016 11:47:03 AM PST
by
Trumpinator
("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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