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Felon disenfranchisement is also disgustingly anti-democratic and further segregates them from society at large. If you have enough felons for them to affect t
by JeremyBanks 6y ago
Felon disenfranchisement is also disgustingly anti-democratic and further segregates them from society at large.
If you have enough felons for them to affect the outcome, your problem isn't that they have the right to vote, it's that you're arresting too many people.
- edbob 6y agoIn Texas, voting rights are restored automatically upon completion of the sentence. It seems very fair to me. I don't consider it a hardship. I actually feel like it's a benefit to not have to worry about voting in this election.
- hinkley 6y agoAs someone with a civics background once explained to me, what you don't want are laws that inspire contempt. Contempt for one law tends to blur into contempt for The Law, and then you've got anarchy.