Posted on 02/09/2023 12:49:47 PM PST by nickcarraway
California voters could decide whether to reinstate voting rights to people in prison on felony convictions under a newly proposed constitutional amendment.
It would be a major expansion of suffrage for incarcerated people if passed. California would join Maine and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia, as the only states where felons never lose their right to vote, even while they are in prison, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The California bill, introduced Monday by Assembly Member Isaac Bryan, proposes an amendment to the state constitution. Bryan's proposal doesn't include any exemptions based on the crime committed. After decades of disenfranchisement, he said it's time to open up voting for everyone.
"I think we're having a deep discussion on what it means to have voting as a right for every citizen," Bryan said Wednesday.
Two-thirds of each chamber of the state legislature must vote yes for the bill just for it to appear on the ballot as a proposition. Voters must then approve it by a simple majority for it to become a constitutional amendment.
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I believe that prisoners should get all their rights (including voting rights) back when they leave prison but not while they are in prison.
If the dems can count on the majority of felons (murderers, child molesters, rapist, etc.) to vote democrat then what does that say about democrats?
#ing Rats
No voting rights until debt paid.
>> what does that say about democrats
they’re un-American scum?
Democrats want to ensure their seats in government. People of California are waking up and moving out. The only people left there will be the dregs and ex-prisoners.
ANTI-American scum.
One of the things one should lose is ‘voting rights’. Bad guys don’t vote for good guys.
Not new news lamps can vote in California.
The sooner the Left can crater our nation, the sooner they
can get on with killing millions until someone figures out
that Communism doesn’t work AGAIN!
Each time they say it was never given a fair chance before.
So in another few decades after the U. S. falls, they can
say it wasn’t give a fair chance here either.
Those rascally Republicans just refused to die. Without
them it was a sure thing.
I want to agree with you 100%, but I think there are only certain circumstances where the privilege could be restored. Non-violent, one-time offenders would be fine with me. Non-violent folks who spend more time in jail than on the street (hustlers, B&E car thieves etc... maybe. I’m thinking those folks probably don’t vote anyway, right? Violent offenders like rapists and murders... no.
More crazy when what we need is more normal.
Bad guys don’t vote for good guys.
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
Why would qualified, law-abiding citizen voters in any state effectively weaken their own voting power by allowing felons to vote?
No offense to good FReepers in CA, as always.
Are the Californians going to run out of ideas for doing evil?
Imagine the politicians shaping policies to gain felon votes like they do with farmers, suburban women and union members?
Maybe more no bail releases
or guarantee of all prisoner televisions no worse than: 98” Class QN90A Samsung Neo QLED 4K Smart TV ($15,000). With a vast array of tiny light cells using exclusive Mini LED designed technology for hyper-focused brightness and dimming in all the right areas.
Upgrades every picture to jaw dropping 4K clarity with AI based processing.
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RE: Why would qualified, law-abiding citizen voters in any state effectively weaken their own voting power by allowing felons to vote?
My suggestion: It’s a family affair, it’s a family affair.
“It just doesn’t feel like Christmas if we don’t go up to the state pen to visit mama.”—Jeff Foxworthy.
How many people in America are in prison 2022?
2 million people
2 million people in 1,566 state prisons, 102 federal prisons, 2,850 local jails, 1,510 juvenile correctional facilities, 186 immigration detention facilities, and 82 Indian country jails, as well as in military prisons, civil commitment centers, state psychiatric hospitals....PrisonPolicy.org
Well....morons are everywhere.
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