Republicans: Felons should NEVER regain the right to vote. Got a felony for pot possession when you were 21? Fuck off. If you can’t follow the law, you don’t get to vote on the law.
Also Republicans: I mean, even if Kavanaugh IS an attempted rapist who drank underage in high school, whatever. It’s not disqualifying even if its true. I still think he should serve a LIFETIME POSITION ON THE SUPREME COURT.
Not only that, but he perjured himself 3 separate times in front of the Senate, first during his confirmation when Bush nominated him to the DC court, again during his SCOTUS hearing, and then again this past week.
Perjury is, wait for it, a felony.
hold on a second, why does this say ‘REGAIN right to vote’? Are prisoners in USA not allowed to vote???
Yeah in a lot of places in the USA any felony charge loses you the right to vote. It’s called felony disenfranchisement
… Wouldn’t that allow government to strip opposition activists of political rights by arresting them on manufactured charges? That sounds EXTREMELY undemocratic and easily exploitable.
You are correct.
5.3 million people are disenfranchised for felony in the US. 1.5 million of them are in Florida.
In Florida, you have to wait seven years after the completion of any sentence or parole before you can petition to go before a judge and ask to get your rights back. It’s decided on a case by case basis. They make it as hard as possible, and as easy to bias as possible. Not surprisingly, the result is a very clear racial split on what happens to your voting rights after prison.
Florida is often considered a purple or swing state for national elections, and holds 29 votes in the electoral college, or more than 10% of the amount needed to become president of the US. This is calculated based on population, including those 1.5 million former felons, who are taxed and governed for the rest of their lives with no representation.
Trump beat Clinton in Florida by about 100,000 votes.
This absolutely fucking matters.
Wait…pot possession is a FELONY??
I thought that felonies were, you know VIOLENT crimes? Crimes that actually mattered??
Wow I’m enraged
Drug possession, lots of property crimes… it actually caries state by state and mostly the classification doesn’t make sense.
In Florida getting caught with your sister’s ID in your pocket can take away your right to vote for the rest of your life.
But in this last election Florida voted to give Felons the right to vote back!!! Change is a-coming folks!
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