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Originally Posted by MsTinkerbelly
I have to agree with you Martina!
A felon is paying for a crime by serving time in a prision facility, the felon did not lose their citizenship because they are paying for or have paid for a crime. What does that really say to people...”you have to follow the rules, pay for your crime, and then become a non person?”
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Sometimes, concepts that others see as correct paths, seem tortuous and illogical to me. The felon, serving or who has served time in prison, is still a citizen. Why take certain civil rights away from people that the corrections system is attempting to "rehabilitate?" Should we, instead, be "role models," exhibiting "good American citizen behavior?" It is known that people involved in criminal activities do not vote in large numbers.
Also, here's a PI idea in the tone of Jonathan Swift. Perhaps, the Feds could begin administering Intelligence and Common Sense tests to ALL citizens registering to vote...no...in elementary school. Common sense testing might help us avoid some of the nitwit imbeciles who elect Presidents like Tr**p.