Looks like Joni Ernst is pissin’ off the right people! You Go, Girl! :)
There is a procedure in place. Too bad if a convicted felon cannot take the time out of his busy day to apply for reinstatement.
The democRAT party is the home of every type of criminal and pervert imaginable.
Today’s liberals aren’t fighting for equality of income, gender, race or any other kind. They are fighting to suppress any and all opposition to their policies by disrupting and destroying the existing American system at every level.
The loss of voting rights is one of the longstanding consequences of a felony conviction. Similar laws exist in most states. It speaks volumes that leftists complain that such laws amount to disenfranchisement. Jesse Jackson is always arguing that more African Americans could be added to the Democratic party’s voter rolls if felons were not barred from voting. In Chicago, he routinely tries to encourage pretrial detainees (in jail, but awaiting trial) to vote.
Imagine the uproar that would occur if the Republicans actively sought votes from convicted felons. As the article states, there is a procedure for a felon to seek to have his or her rights restored after serving prison time.
Is this premise accurate? There are only THREE states where a felony conviction is grounds for prohibiting voting? That seems wrong.
Oldplayer
There doesn’t seem to be any problem having a procedure that keeps felons from getting guns. Is the ACLU trying to change that as well?
Birds of feather.