Further, as someone else asked, should individuals who have paid their debt to society not be able to resume their rights? What about the wrongfully convicted?
I hadn’t realized the extent of the left’s/libertarian gains of felon voting, but it doesn’t change Rand Paul’s political agenda of calling for more felon voting.
My argument was about Rand Paul’s liberal politics, more than specific numbers.
It is like his coming out in support of gay marriage and against the GOP’s platform on social issues, which he wants the GOP to back off on.