So it's another Democrat voting drive.
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Aren't the 23 (and counting) people indicted in the Mueller investigation Republicans? Surely they'll want to vote when they get out of prison
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This may come as a shock to you but indictments are not equivalent to convictions and most are Russians who can't vote anyway (except CA of course). Anyway, you'd be hard pressed to find Republicans for this nonsense. It's another Dummycrat missile aimed at expanding their base.
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Republicans are against voting.... Yeah thats not actually a shock at all.
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You left out two key words. Here, I'll fix it for you... "Republicans are against *serious criminals* voting.... Yeah thats not actually a shock at all." Better now. You're good to go! Hope this helps. :p
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Lol! Why? At what point do they stop being serious criminals? We're talking about people who are not in prison any more. Are you saying that punishment should never end?
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It's up to the states - some allow felons to vote and others do not. Vermont and Maine (no surprise there!) even allow current prisoners to vote. And California does too for county jail prisoners. So these laws vary a great from state to state.
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Right. And the article states that the people working on initiatives work with any candidate, regardless of their party, as long as they endorsed policies that make it less difficult for returning citizens to live their lives. Hard to see how this is just for democrats.
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But most of not all states do have programs to reinstate civil rights already
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This is misleading, states do but the process is needlessly complicated that few in this situation can even navigate.
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It's handled state by state and case by case basis
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That itself is the problem some states handle more efficiently my home state SC and especially FL where I am now hold that right after release from prison.
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I get it but that's a states right issue
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Since it’s a felony a federal more streamline process makes more sense rather then having some states immediately returning rights and others requiring a literal petition. States rights are great when you don’t live in a crappy irrational one.
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No they have no right as they are incarcerated for crimes. End of discussion!
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*former* theyre not trying to get actual prisoners the right to vote
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Why are people in the US still being put into prison for being unable to pay a small claims fine?
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"Why are people in the US _____" is something I see far too often on twitter
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Till things get better, be prepared to see a lot more of it.
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You break the law you don’t get a say. The end.
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That's a cute, reductive and stupid thing to say. But hey as long as you have a pithy catchphrase, why bother learning anything?
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