Re:How to Vote in the 2020 Election
by djaque on Friday August 14, 2020 @02:25PM
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Setting partisan politics aside, I don't agree with the idea that you committed a felony == you're mentally unfit to vote.
Once people have served their time they deserve to rejoin society. They are imperfect human beings, but human beings nonetheless. Plus stuff like drug offenses count as felonies and I don't think those people deserve to be ostracized for a lifetime.
Re:How to Vote in the 2020 Election
by oh_sigh on Friday August 14, 2020 @03:50PM
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I agree - most states simply restrict felons from voting while they are serving their sentence or while they are under parole/probation. Only after that are their voting rights restored.
Once people have served their time they deserve to rejoin society. They are imperfect human beings, but human beings nonetheless. Plus stuff like drug offenses count as felonies and I don't think those people deserve to be ostracized for a lifetime.