Why do we restrict the voting rights of felons?

[PearlWatson]

What purpose do prisons serve?

Keeping marauding predators off the streets!

 

[moevillini]

It appears this is an issue with some level of bipartisan support. Now all we need is a lobbyist.

you'd be a good person for the job - - just find yourself a lobby to pay your salary!

 

[SaltyDawg]

I suspect this will become the next GOP target of voter disenfranchisement.

After Obama wins Ohio, and therefore wins re-election, felons voting (which is legal in Ohio) will have a huge target on its back.

 

[Stoked]

I suspect this will become the next GOP target of voter disenfranchisement.

After Obama wins Ohio, and therefore wins re-election, felons voting (which is legal in Ohio) will have a huge target on its back.

Nothing reads like Salty's GOP hate this early in the morning.

Cheers!

 

[TheSilencer1313]

Don't pass laws that make felons out of millions of non-violent productive citizens.

This is the smartest comment ever posted.

 

[SaltyDawg]

Nothing reads like Salty's GOP hate this early in the morning.

Cheers!

You know, attacking me is not an agenda, lol. Good ole Mitt Romney, during the 3rd debate.

So do you disagree with what I said then? You think if Obama wins Ohio (and therefore re-election) the republican legislatures, and possibly the republican congress, won't target felons voting in the next 4 years?

 

[green]

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[Stoked]

This is the smartest comment ever posted.

https://blog.norml.org/2010/09/15/i...juana-arrests-for-year-2009-near-record-high/

That is insanity.

 

[Stoked]

You know, attacking me is not an agenda, lol. Good ole Mitt Romney, during the 3rd debate.

So do you disagree with what I said then? You think if Obama wins Ohio (and therefore re-election) the republican legislatures, and possibly the republican congress, won't target felons voting in the next 4 years?

I think that if they were going to target felons they would be doing it right now along with the voter ID laws they are pushing.

 

[SaltyDawg]

I think that if they were going to target felons they would be doing it right now along with the voter ID laws they are pushing.

Well I guess we'll see.

I look at it as the GOP has basically written off blacks and hispanics. They know they aren't running those voting blocks, and they aren't even trying to win them. Instead, they try to restrict them with voter id laws.

If that doesn't work, the next step is felons voting. And let's face it, lots of blacks and hispanics are felons.

 

[Gameface]

let's face it, lots of blacks and hispanics are felons.

I've got a new sig!

 

[Stoked]

Well I guess we'll see.

I look at it as the GOP has basically written off blacks and hispanics. They know they aren't running those voting blocks, and they aren't even trying to win them. Instead, they try to restrict them with voter id laws.

If that doesn't work, the next step is felons voting. And let's face it, lots of blacks and hispanics are felons.

Lol, I love how one sided you see things.