Virginia Amendment Would Allow Inmates To Vote, Potentially Roiling Politics In Counties With Prisons

Daily Caller ^ | January 05, 2020 | Luke Rosiak

[BenLurkin]

Think convicts will vote for gun control?

[stylin19a]

Wheeler said the state previously made a change to allow college students to vote from either the jurisdiction where their college is or where they’re from, allowing Democrats from Northern Virginia to vote for Democratic policies in more conservative areas with colleges.

so they are already voting twice...nice...

[metmom]

Democrats again, showing their agenda and how evil they are.

Vote for dem, and this is what you get, VA with gun grabbing, voting for felons, and unlimited abortion.

Just waiting for their taxes to go through the roof, because they are playing catch up with NY really, really fast.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Full-on Demonrat totalitarianism on display in VA.

[stylin19a]

Its sponsor, Del. Ibraheem Samirah, previously said suburbanites were “mostly white and wealthy” and “living in a bubble,” and that suburban neighborhoods amount to “modern-day redlining.” He suggested Dec. 22, 2019, that the change would enable more public housing in the suburbs.

there goes the tax base down the tubes...then the schools are next...then...

[dp0622]

Unfortunately I’m on the NY horse but I never expected to see VA gaining out of the corner of my eye.

At least a large group there is willing to fight fire with fire, literally.

[Yardstick]

They are truly shameless.

He said he had “no idea” how felons would vote and said he had never thought about it.

McAuliffe lying through his teeth a few years ago.

[nd76]

There is a braking provision in Article XII of the Virginia state Constitution.

A constitutional amendment has to pass both houses of the General Assembly in two consecutive legislatures, and if that happens, the amendment is put on the ballot for voters to approve or reject.

So they can pass it this year, but it would have to survive the 2021 election, and then after being voted on by the legislature in 2022 it would go to a statewide referendum.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Demonrat-gerrymandered legislature that will be even more so after the 2021 elections. They will fix whatever they need to fix. Virginia needs an armed revolution against these Stalinists.

[CAGOPgramma]

Virginians will pay for their stupidity.

[Impy]

They are going hog wild, eh.

Normal parts of the state need to get serious and start a secession movement.

[KingLudd]

On Jan. 20, I will become a felon and I will still vote.

[Who is John Galt?]

In some states, felons register as Democrats more than six times as often as Republicans...

...and that's BEFORE they're convicted!

/sarc

[Pearls Before Swine]

I would be asking the obvious question....how many prisoners in the state system are even state residents?

All of them?

[aimhigh]

Past studies (early 2000’s) found 80% of ex-cons vote Democrat.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Note that nobody has been counting either college students, or prisoners, for purposes of determining the boundaries for these districts. Allowing these people to vote in those districts therefore directly dilutes the voting power of people there.

I would expect that would make for an excellent court challenge, because it violates the 14th amendment to the US COnstitution.

If you live in a college town, and there are 20,000 people voting in your house district, and now they allow 2000 students to vote, that makes your vote worth 10% less.