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Holder wants felons to vote
Legal Insurrection ^ | 2-11-2014 | William A. Jacobson

Posted on 02/11/2014 11:41:17 AM PST by servo1969

I wonder who he thinks they will vote for? Let me think about that a while, ahem, tough call.

Eric Holder wants millions of convicted felons to vote, urging states to change existing laws.

Holder Urges States to Repeal Bans on Felons’ Voting:

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday urged states to repeal laws that prohibit felons from voting, a move that would restore the right to vote to millions of people.

The call was mostly symbolic — Mr. Holder has no authority to enact these changes himself — but it marked the attorney general’s latest effort to eliminate laws that he says disproportionately keep minorities from the polls. “It is unwise, it is unjust, and it is not in keeping with our democratic values,” Mr. Holder said at civil rights conference at Georgetown University. These laws deserve to be not only reconsidered, but repealed.”

African-Americans represent more than a third of the estimated 5.8 million people who are prohibited from voting, according to the Sentencing Project, a research group that favors more liberal sentencing policies. And in Florida, Kentucky, and Virginia, more than one in five African-Americans has lost the right to vote.

There may be a more severe impact on minority communities, but that’s a function of the convictions, not the voting laws.

Perhaps there should be a waiting period, or lifetime exclusions only for certain levels of criminal convictions.

Regardless, I think it’s probably going nowhere.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: 2014issues; bhodoj; doj; electionfraud; felonfranchise; felonrighttovote; felonvote; felonvotingrights; holder; obama; vote; votefraud; voterfraud
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Before I even read the article I KNEW it would be about how it's not fair that so many blacks are in prison.

Because when isn't it about race with these guys?

1 posted on 02/11/2014 11:41:17 AM PST by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Is there any chance we can make him a felon so that he can understand the process better?


2 posted on 02/11/2014 11:42:07 AM PST by struggle
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To: servo1969

I’m soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo shocked!


3 posted on 02/11/2014 11:42:43 AM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: servo1969

Given that 95% of felons are Democrat, I am not shocked.


4 posted on 02/11/2014 11:45:00 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
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To: servo1969

Of course he does. Felons are ALL DemocRATS. Criminal and corrupt. If anyone has figured that out, it’s their “homie”, Holder.


5 posted on 02/11/2014 11:47:30 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare. The "global warming" of healthcare plans.)
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To: servo1969

If they want to vote they can move to a state that allows it and commit their crimes there.


6 posted on 02/11/2014 11:48:08 AM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: servo1969

Wow, first 0bamacare delays, now another politically motivated stunt ahead of the 2014 midterms. What a coincidence.


7 posted on 02/11/2014 11:48:25 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: servo1969

Well shouldn’t felons also have their 2nd Amendment rights restored, Mr. Eric the Black?

Why is one right more important than another?


8 posted on 02/11/2014 11:49:47 AM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: servo1969

Democrats for felons........the only demographic group proven to make bad decisions!


9 posted on 02/11/2014 11:50:07 AM PST by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
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To: servo1969
Just don't let non-violent felons ever own a gun, right Holder?

BTW, a DWI in America can be a misdemeanor but if you try to travel to Canada, you may be rejected entry as that conviction is treated as a felony there.

Clearly some felons are more equal than others in the Just Us Department's worldview. Oh wait, it's just a matter of what serves The Party's interests.

10 posted on 02/11/2014 11:51:03 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: servo1969

does this mean ALL rights restored. (ie all enumerated in the constitution WITHOUT EXCEPTION)?


11 posted on 02/11/2014 11:51:26 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: servo1969
Of course he does.
1. They're "His" people. Blacks, criminals or both.
2. They would overwhelmingly vote Democrat.
3. It's yet another poke in the eye of all law abiding citizens. We're not His people, obviously.

12 posted on 02/11/2014 11:51:38 AM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: servo1969

Dim pol’s are pretty much felons at heart anyway, whether or not they have been convicted.

So of course they want their own ilk to vote.


13 posted on 02/11/2014 11:53:31 AM PST by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: servo1969

A new day, a new reason to regret waking up and going to work.


14 posted on 02/11/2014 11:53:57 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: servo1969

Virginia AG decides to ignore VA laws in 3, 2, 1 .....


15 posted on 02/11/2014 11:54:48 AM PST by tgusa (gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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To: servo1969

Virginia AG decides to ignore VA laws in 3, 2, 1 .....


16 posted on 02/11/2014 11:54:49 AM PST by tgusa (gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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To: servo1969

thinking about his own future (and that of his boss)?


17 posted on 02/11/2014 11:58:30 AM PST by faithhopecharity
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To: servo1969

Eric Holder is a man who plans ahead.

He is obviously looking forward to the time when he and Obama will be convicted felons.


18 posted on 02/11/2014 11:59:12 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime." - Lavrentiy Beria (& Eric Holder))
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To: servo1969

I’d rather restore the right to vote for dead people - the ones killed by many of the felons he now wants to get voting rights for.


19 posted on 02/11/2014 11:59:19 AM PST by alancarp
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To: servo1969

Here’s an alternative headline: “Nation’s Top Cop Says Let Criminals Help Pick Sheriffs.”


20 posted on 02/11/2014 12:02:08 PM PST by Rockingham
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