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It goes even further. By having a large (Democrat-leaning) non-white population jailed up, it reduces potential Democrat voters - in some states for life even a
by ulfw 7y ago
It goes even further. By having a large (Democrat-leaning) non-white population jailed up, it reduces potential Democrat voters - in some states for life even after incarceration. The only western democracy who does that.
https://felonvoting.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000286 https://felonvoting.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=...
- vageli 7y agoThis has always disgusted me. Civic duty is a foundation of representative democracy and we strip that right from former felons while talking about reintegration with society with the other side of our mouth.