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To: Free ThinkerNY

If a prisoner has served his time, I don’t have a problem with them, being citizens, voting.

As to voting while they’re in prison, absolutely not. They failed to follow the laws of the people. The people should not, therefore, be subject to them participating in the making, altering, or repealing of laws.


5 posted on 01/08/2010 10:52:57 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706
If a prisoner has served his time, I don’t have a problem with them, being citizens, voting.

Depends on the case. The sap who got busted with an ounce of pot or the one who was drinking, pulled off the road and slept rather than drove but still got busted for dui because the keys were in the ignition I have no problem with. This should be done on a case by case basis only after the "felon" requests a hearing to restore his voting rights. What I think everyone has a problem with is the blanket amnesty that the "progressives" always push. The guideline should be common sense.

11 posted on 01/08/2010 11:01:25 AM PST by YankeeReb
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To: cotton1706
If a prisoner has served his time, I don’t have a problem with them, being citizens, voting.

You don't think 300,000 felons can determine results of an election?

Having brain-dead non-felons voting is a big enough societal handicap, as is the voting by non-citizens.
Do you want to live in a state where the laws are determined by criminals?

How many convictions do you think should make criminals permanently ineligible to vote?

Two?
Five?
Ten?
Twenty-five?

21 posted on 01/08/2010 11:37:22 AM PST by Publius6961 (Â…he's not America, he's an employee who hasn't risen to minimal expectations.)
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