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> Instead, 15% of all Black adults in that state are not allowed to vote. Similarly, in Florida, 10% of all adults cannot vote. After some research it seems li
by umvi 2y ago
> Instead, 15% of all Black adults in that state are not allowed to vote. Similarly, in Florida, 10% of all adults cannot vote.
After some research it seems like this is due to felony convictions. I agree voting privileges should be restored upon completion of sentence, but dang I'm more concerned that 10% of all adults in Florida are convicted felons, what's up with that?
- 9dev 2y agoWhat’s more, those felons still count towards the state population count, and thus, the number of electoral college votes of the state…
- culi 2y agoSounds like taxation without representation to me
- johnnyanmac 2y agoCounting for the population but not actually able to vote? Where have I heard this before... The effects of the Fentanyl crisis is truly going to haunt the US for decades to come. absolutely unbelievable.
- eschaton 2y agoLook at the demographics of those convicted felons. I suspect you’ll see certain trends in who tends to be targeted for arrest—given that rates of criminality are broadly equivalent across demographic groups—that align closely with who the people in power don’t want to have any power of their own. Mississippi is a very obvious case. The white power structure there simply does not want to allow black people to vote so they use all available means to prevent that.
- culi 2y agohttps://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=overpolicing https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=overpolicing
- cryptonector 2y agoUh, maybe the 1994 crime bill?