Holder: Repeal laws restricting voting by ex-felons

[JollyMon]

Wonder if he would feel the same way about giving the right to firearm ownership back to felons. Wait Nope. Just want to get more people to vote for the left. Even though I do feel if they are "reformed" enough to be on our streets that all rights should be restored.

Holder: Repeal laws restricting voting by ex-convicts

 

[Expat]

Why not convicts right in the prison? Why shouldn't they get to vote? They want illegal immigrants and other criminals all voting, I wonder why?


I don't really wonder. This is a rhetorical question.

 

[poptab]

That would be a good change. Arbitrarily creating second class citizens is bad for society.

 

[rambone]

It is quite devious that the people who have experienced the worst injustices shall never again have a voice in politics.

Case in point.

Innocent man fights to get son back after having life destroyed by New Jersey gun control laws

Georgia cops hand out felonies to high schoolers for having a pocket knives locked in cars

Massachusetts college student faces up to 10 years in prison for owning standard gun magazines


There are millions of people with felonies because of non-violent drug crimes. I'd imagine a lot of them would have an interest in derailing the oppressive Drug War. They've seen that the government is not all sunshine and unicorns and might want to shrink its power.

 

[Trooper]

Tie voting rights to gun ownership. If you cannot own guns then you cannot vote.

 

[OneBadV8]

Even though I do feel if they are "reformed" enough to be on our streets that all rights should be restored.

 

[jamil]

While serving time, they don't get to vote. However, after they've served their sentence, including parole, their full citizenship rights should be restored. Repeat offenders, not so much.

 

[Trooper]

While serving time, they don't get to vote. However, after they've served their sentence, including parole, their full citizenship rights should be restored. Repeat offenders, not so much.

No, make a felon a rare event. Now it is more than an year in prison. It should be a minimum of five years to life. Anything under five years should be a misdemeanor.

And there needs to be a path back to full citizenship, a path to redemption that would include going through the naturalization process.

 

[jamil]

No, make a felon a rare event. Now it is more than an year in prison. It should be a minimum of five years to life. Anything under five years should be a misdemeanor.

And there needs to be a path back to full citizenship, a path to redemption that would include going through the naturalization process.

I don't disagree that a felony should be a pretty big deal. But after prison and/or parole, it's done. If their crime was so bad that they still can't resume their full rights of citizenship, then why were they let out of jail? And naturalization process? WTF? Felons don't and shouldn't lose their citizenship when they're convicted of a felony. I can see suspending certain rights while under sentence, obviously. But you're going off into the weeds with losing citizenship and being naturalized.