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Thousands of Alabama felons register to vote in last-minute push
AL.COM ^ | 11/27/17 | Connor Sheets

Posted on 11/29/2017 12:50:30 PM PST by x1stcav

Thousands of felons across Alabama have registered to vote in recent weeks, according to Pastor Kenneth Glasgow, who is heading up a statewide effort to get felons to the voting booth.

Glasgow's goal is to get as many felons as possible signed up to vote before the end of the day Monday, the deadline to be able to cast a ballot in Alabama's Dec. 12 U.S. Senate special election.

(Excerpt) Read more at al.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; black; election; felon; felonvote
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

How many people do you have to kill
before you can convicted of murder?
As OJ demonstrated, more than two.


21 posted on 11/29/2017 1:39:19 PM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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To: x1stcav

>>Glasgow’s goal is to get as many felons as possible signed up to vote...

Because they have a track record of being stupid? Perhaps stupid enough to vote for Rat dirtbags?


22 posted on 11/29/2017 1:46:02 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: Clutch Martin

He’ll claim they can vote for whoever they want (after he has already primed them on exactly who to vote for).

And a liberal judge somewhere will say Ummm Hmmm. That right. Criminal So and So voted Republican. Just ask him.


23 posted on 11/29/2017 1:47:28 PM PST by Combat_Liberalism
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To: eastforker
From my observations, convicted felons are like most people, divided about 50/50 politically.

Blacks vote 90% Democrat, so black convicts probably do too.

24 posted on 11/29/2017 1:53:31 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’d say probably more like 98%-99%; in all likelihood.


25 posted on 11/29/2017 1:55:50 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Felons are not Ordinary People.

At least not in my neighborhood.


26 posted on 11/29/2017 1:56:18 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: NRx

A reasonable approach.


27 posted on 11/29/2017 1:58:57 PM PST by x1stcav (We have the guns. Do we have the will?)
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To: x1stcav

It says volumes about the democrats who can’t win without the votes of people who could not care less about the rights of others.

Go DNC! You are casting yourselves as a criminal syndicate, not politics.


28 posted on 11/29/2017 1:59:28 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Pontiac

I agree.

Had a convicted felon (white guy) trying to buy my gun in a Wal*Mart parking lot couple months back. That was a close one. Thanks be to God I talked him out of it. One of those things you really don’t expect and then all of a sudden you’re dealing with it.

I won’t be caught off-guard in such a scenarios like that again. I had no idea who I was about to be talking to as I removed the gun from the trunk (CC is legal in my state).

I hope to get a smaller weapon that is easier to conceal at some point. Can’t do it right now.


29 posted on 11/29/2017 2:00:42 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: LS

What’s the ratio of register voters in Alabama. Could this make a difference?


30 posted on 11/29/2017 2:06:11 PM PST by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: x1stcav

SOB’s evil rats found a new way to game the system!! It worked in VA in the presidential election where the beast won by a few thousand felon votes!!! Where is the governor? Do the felons have the right to vote in Alabama?


31 posted on 11/29/2017 2:06:14 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: x1stcav
I am not necessarily against restoration of a felon’s right to vote.

A felon who has fully served his sentence and then has proved that he has reformed and become a good citizen should be able to have his rights as a citizen fully restored.

The felon should be able to petition the courts to have his rights restore supplying proof his rehabilitation such as affidavits supporting his petition from members of the community.

The felon should of course have not committed any crimes for an extended period of time. And of course not be in jail. The article has as an example a felon in jail registering to vote. This is totally unacceptable to me. There should be no voting while in jail. Felon or not.

32 posted on 11/29/2017 2:09:31 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: SaveFerris

How did you find out he was a felon?


33 posted on 11/29/2017 2:12:09 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: Pontiac

I told him even if I ever was gonna sell it ALL of my guns, bought or sold, go through my FFL.

He then admits he’s a felon.


34 posted on 11/29/2017 2:22:56 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: x1stcav

>>>If one has ‘paid their debt to society’, shouldn’t all of their Constitutional rights (including 2A) be restored?<<<

Absolutely not. Remember the old saying, if you don’t want to do the time, don’t do the Crime.

Two of the Penalties for committing a Felony are (1) Losing your Right to Vote and (2) losing your Right to Keep and Bear Arms. At least that is what I was taught growing up.

Imprisonment and / or the Death Penalty are the other Penalties depending on what Felonies you Commit.


35 posted on 11/29/2017 2:30:39 PM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: the_Watchman

Two requirements for voting

1. Must be willing to bear arms if needed to defend the Constitution.
2. Must pay taxes or “no representation without taxation”.

There is very little that should disallow a citizen from voting.


36 posted on 11/29/2017 2:31:09 PM PST by FreedomNotSafety
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To: Kickass Conservative

Agreed.

I certainly will never support convicted felons owning guns. Only if there was solid proof a false conviction and it was overturned.

And no, I don’t like the idea of them voting. The Democrats already have too much fraud going on.


37 posted on 11/29/2017 2:35:00 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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