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Florida voting ban for felons targeted for repealJanuary 31, 2013Florida is one of three states in the country that strips a person convicted of a felony of the right to vote. Civil rights groups have been fighting the policy for more than 10 year.... Showing 1 of 1 comments
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RogerClegg
If you aren’t willing to follow the law yourself, then you can’t demand a role in making the law for everyone else, which is what you do when you vote. The right to vote can be restored to felons, but it should be done carefully, on a case-by-case basis after a person has shown that he or she has really turned over a new leaf, not automatically on the day someone walks out of prison. After all, the unfortunate truth is that most people who walk out of prison will be walking back in. Read more about this issue on our website here [ ***********ceousa****/voting/voting-news/felon-voting/538-answering-the-challenges-to-felon-disenfranchisement ] and our congressional testimony here: [ *******judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Clegg100316.pdf ].
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