“The vote Mr. Santorum cast, Senate vote No. 31 in 2002, would have overridden state laws when it comes to federal elections. It would have required them to let felons register to vote once they have completed their prison sentences and any probation or parole.
If it were to pass today, it would override laws in 11 states that require felons to apply to have their rights restored, and that puts it at odds with the principles most of the GOP’s candidates are espousing on the campaign trail that states should be left to control their own destinies as much as possible.”
My understanding is that convicted felons need to apply to have there rights restored in many states(in my opinion it should be every state). The bill Santorum voted for would automatically restore voting rights to all convicted felons no matter what.
You seem to be shilling for some other candidate, I won’t speculate who.
This is a federal law saying that ex-felons should have the right to vote IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS after they have served their time and cleared parole.
I hate to say it, but if you leave it up to the state politicians to decide who can vote and who cannot, AFTER they have paid the full price for their crimes, then it is usually the DEMOCRATS who cheat and lie. It’s the DEMOCRATS who would restore voting rights to Democrat-voting ex-felons and refuse to restore them to anyone who might vote Republican.
Notice that Santorum did not even say that ex-felons should have a right to vote in state or local elections. That’s up to the state or locality, although I’m sure there is a lot of DEMOCRAT and MACHINE corruption involved, deciding who gets to vote and who doesn’t.
I have not seen the figures, but given that most voter corruption these days is DEMOCRAT, I would imagine that it’s the Democrats who profit most by those state rules about lifetime elimination from voting in federal elections.