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VANITY: Do you think felons should be allowed to vote?
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Posted on 11/01/2003 4:01:08 PM PST by yonif
A friend of mine was wondering about this topic and discussed it with me.
Do you think felons (those in jail and those who are "reformed") should be allowed to vote (not felons convicted of voter relating crime)?
There are those countries, such as Israel, which allow felons to vote (both in and out of prison, as long as they were not convicted of voter related crimes).
What do you think? Why is it a good or bad idea?
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KEYWORDS: felons; voting
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:01:09 PM PST
by
yonif
To: yonif; Admin Moderator
oops...should be:
(not felons convicted of voter relating crime)?
Correct: (not felons covicted of voter related crimes)
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:03:04 PM PST
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: yonif
Violent criminals no.
Two or three time losers no.
Someone who has done their time and demonstrated that they are a memeber of civil society again, perhaps.
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:04:25 PM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(SSDD - Same S#it Different Democrat)
To: yonif
No, because most felons are repeat criminals, and you don't want repeat crimianls voting for politicians who decide how tough law enforcement should be. Theoretically if you had someone who did one crime,and was otherwise a law abiding person, I would not mind if that person voted. Of course, its impossible to really make that distinction, so we are better off just preventing felons from voting.
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:05:01 PM PST
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: yonif
Not those in jail, but those who have paid for their crimes yes.
To: yonif
IMO once you have paid your debt to society you should have no restrictions. (voting, jobs, weapons etc.) If a person is considered too high a risk then maybe they shouldn't be on the streets. Here in America, we lately tend to hand out felonies like candy and all it does is keep people down.
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:06:16 PM PST
by
CindyDawg
(All the above is JUST my opinion :'))
To: yonif
Why allow more Democrats to vote when we don't have to?
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:07:03 PM PST
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Using Occam's Razor to shave the hairy beast of liberalism...)
To: yonif
No. Require them to get a pardon or otherwise have their voted restored by the court system.
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:07:37 PM PST
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: I got the rope
Playing divel's advocate,
Not those in jail
Why not those in jail? What happens if someone for a drug offense (marijuana) is placed in jail, and he wants to vote for a candidate who would make his crime of smoking marijuana nollified?
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:08:50 PM PST
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: yonif
I think unless the voting rights are explicitly revoked by a judge upon sentencing, the felon should be able to vote upon completion of his sentence. Otherwise, I just see it as an implicit punishment that wasnt part of sentencing.
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:09:15 PM PST
by
eabinga
To: yonif
Bet you didn't know that felons can vote in most states in the USA. Here in Texas, a felon regains voting rights 2 years after the sentence is served en toto.
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:09:59 PM PST
by
Melas
To: yonif
Perhaps if one is inclined to savor their "right to vote" privilages then maybe not giving a felon the right to vote would impress a mindset to would-be felons to think twice about their wayward intentions.
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:10:59 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: yonif
People should have to pass an IQ test (in English) and be somewhat above a moron to be able to vote. This would stop most felons from voting. most Hollwood actors, Al Franken, Michael Moore and everyone at Democratic Underground. Just to name a few.
To: yonif
No...and impreached x-presidents should also have their voting rights rescinded!
To: yonif
Loss of the franchise is
part of the punishment for committing a felony. Therefore felons should
never be permitted to vote. A felony is a breach of the social contract. A felon has placed himself outside of the civilized society and should be kept there. We need no votes from felons. The Democratic Party, recognizing that felons will vote 100% Dem, are all in favor.
--Boris
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:11:48 PM PST
by
boris
(The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
To: yonif
Absolutely NOT! Criminals cannot be allowed to form and expand voting Blocks. Society must be protected at all costs. Felons have abdicated their rights they were born with and their memories should be enough to remind them of what they have lost!
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:12:45 PM PST
by
winker
To: yonif
Because once you have broken the laws that society has passed down, you are no longer part of that society. In order to have a civilization there must be standards. Those in jail have already set themselves apart from the group. The only way they can get back in is by taking their punishment and reforming to the standard.
To: boris
So you believe they shouldn't both in jail and after they finish their sentence?
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:15:23 PM PST
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: yonif
After the prisoner has paid his debt to society, he should be allowed to vote, and to become a productive citizen.
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:15:41 PM PST
by
tessalu
To: yonif
FELONY = NO VOTE
No If-Ands-or-Buts
.
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posted on
11/01/2003 4:15:53 PM PST
by
steplock
(www.FOCUS.GOHOTSPRINGS.com)
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