A NY lawmaker said that allowing voting from prison is "insulting" to law enforcement. So I reached out to prosecutors & DOCs in Maine & Vermont, which enable prison voting, to ask about that. And received some powerful replies. Check it out! And thread.https://theappeal.org/politicalreport/bill-voting-rights-in-prison-new-york-vermont-maine/ …
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Disenfranchisement "is" not part of punishment of a crime, period. That's incorrect. It is not at all in some states; in all others it's part of the punishment of some crimes, and sometimes not even of all felonies. That alone shows there is no fatality or intrinsic link here.
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Each state has different rules and different punishment for crime. But locking criminals up and removing them from society is their punishment and taking away their ability to vote is part of that and a perfectly appropriate punishment for committing crimes against society.
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The founders of Vermont considered the right to vote to be absolutely sacrosanct. A right not to be taken away under any circumstances. If that right can be taken away from prisoners, who else can lose it?
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