octopus
January 18, 2019, 1:48am
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RTFirefly:
Because the right to vote means so little that one should be stripped of it for life, for driving with a suspended license .
Yeah, that’s the sort of dangerous criminal you’re talking about here. Damn straight they should be able to vote. (The referendum didn’t let murderers, rapists, and the like regain the right to vote, just so you know.)
And if a murderer is paroled after 30 years in prison in a state that fully restores his voting rights at that point, which are you more worried about? That he might murder again? Or that he might vote ?
I submit that anyone who is free to walk the streets should also have the right to vote. If there’s a problem here, it’s not about the right to vote; it’s about their having been released while still a danger to society.
I personally think that you do your sentence you should have most if not all rights and privileges restored. I also am not naive enough to think that that does not disproportionately help one party.