Voter fraud: a rarity only in the fantasies of the far left

[DaShi]

That doesn't matter. It is plain disenfranchisement.

[Al B. Sure!]

So why do they keep talking about minorities? Just to rile people up? To turn it into a race issue?

[DaShi]

Because they are more affected.

[regexcellent]

Just because more black people are felons doesn't mean keeping felons off the voter rolls like they should be is racist.

[Al B. Sure!]

Just because more black people are felons doesn't mean keeping felons off the voter rolls like they should be is racist.

Umm...

"You have vast disproportionate rates of incarceration and sentencing for African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans," said Dale Ho, one of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund lawyers representing the plaintiffs in the 14-year-old case. They claim that due to racism built into the court system, the state's law banning felons from voting violates the 1965 Voter Rights Act. "Black defendants convicted of crimes lose their right to vote 50 percent longer than white defendants," Ho said.

[regexcellent]

The NAACP is retarded.

[Al B. Sure!]

The NAACP is retarded.

[giblets]

Just because more black people are felons doesn't mean keeping felons off the voter rolls like they should be is racist.

Why disenfranchise felons at all? Are they somehow going to become a sufficiently powerful voting block to legalize murder or something?

[Guynemer]

They served their time, why shouldn't they be able to vote?

[Al B. Sure!]

There are proponents of allowing felons IN prison to vote. They are part of this country, too, the argument goes. And are victims of the prison-industrial complex.

[Wezil]

Our felons vote.

There are 4 ways a prisoner can vote. They can vote in the riding where they last resided or the current address of their spouse or common-law. They can choose the address that appears on file for their place of arrest or the courthouse in which they were convicted. They are not permitted to vote in the riding of the prison, unless it is the same as one that falls within one of the 4 criteria.

This was done as the authorities wanted to prevent a bloc of prisoners from influencing the outcome of the prison's riding. Many see this as a problem and argue that prisoners should be allowed to vote in the region where they are living. The decisions made in the riding of the prison are the ones that most affect their lives.

[giblets]

There are proponents of allowing felons IN prison to vote. They are part of this country, too, the argument goes. And are victims of the prison-industrial complex.

Why shouldn't they be allowed to vote? Should they also lose their right to express opinions as part of their punishment? No more writing letters when you're in prison?

[Al B. Sure!]

There are states where felons in prison can vote. We had this discussion on Apolyton, before.

[Wezil]

So why did you bring it up?

[Al B. Sure!]

So why did you bring it up?

Because I was pointing out that the argument is often should felons in prison vote. I think we established that people who have done their time have the opportunity to reapply to vote; the problem is are there difficulties in the process of enfranchising them.