For an example of the rot, see Florida: 10% of voting-age citizens have had their vote stolen by the local government. [0] A 2019 referendum to abolish felony disenfranchisement passed with huge margins [1], but then the Republicans passed a new "pay to vote" law, saying it wasn't enough to serve time, but people also had to pay significant fines.

[0] https://www.sentencingproject.org/fact-sheet/florida-bans-vo...

[1] https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voti...