Should Felons Be Allowed to Vote?
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2012/01/03 14:00:00
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Kentucky, Virginia, Florida, and Iowa currently have lifetime voting bans on those convicted of felonies, while seven other states have less-stringent bans. However, Maryland Senator Ben Cardin is trying to pass the Democracy Restoration Act, which would allow felons to regain their right to vote once they've completed their sentence.
Cardin argues, "If we truly want to break the cycle of recidivism, we need to reintegrate former prisoners back into society. When prisoners are released, they are expected to obey the law, get a job, and pay taxes as they are rehabilitated and reintegrated into their community. With these responsibilities and obligations of citizenship should also come the rights of citizenship, including the right to vote." Do you agree?
Cardin argues, "If we truly want to break the cycle of recidivism, we need to reintegrate former prisoners back into society. When prisoners are released, they are expected to obey the law, get a job, and pay taxes as they are rehabilitated and reintegrated into their community. With these responsibilities and obligations of citizenship should also come the rights of citizenship, including the right to vote." Do you agree?
Top Opinion
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William Weber 2012/01/03 22:30:46Yes
+32If you deny Any Adult the right to vote, you open a Pandora's box of other freedoms taken away. No matter what they have done, they still have the right to vote for a person who's ideas they agree with. If you think that its right to deny them their right to vote, then you don't deserve freedom, and you definitely wont have the right to complain when its your rights that are taken away.
(I used to work for the Dept. of Corrections and was reprimanded by the Attorney General for saying "prisoner" instead of "resident", while I was typing updates to the "Residents' Rights Handbook". I thought I was going to be suspened that day!)
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Thank you for noticing how cute my grand-children's dog is. He is a Laberdoodlel. I don't hate as that is just a wasted emotion when much more important things are at stake. I don't object to free market, I just object to individuals like Mitt Romney who have used his wealth and corporate connections to bribe our politicians to rig our tax system to benefit themselves while screwing the rest of us. With the tax loopholes he and his misfits rigged our tax system to get, that is why he only pays 13.9% on $21 million in wages.
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Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy (The filthy Rich). Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and civilization in general. It is a destructive system of inequality and prejudice that is founded on deception and has no place in the modern world. For thousands of years, conservatism was universally understood as being in opposition to democracy, and the destruction of reason.
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