I’m not entirely against disenfranchising felons, however if’n you’re going to do that, you shouldn’t be counting them as part of the voting age population.

  • Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The FL situation sounds messed up, absolutely.

    I think we can mostly all agree on “paying” the debt to society. I put that in quotes because I don’t think we’re taking about fines which make it the cost of doing business for those in an upper income level. I think we both agree we’re talking about punishments for serious crimes.

    With voting, I don’t think it should be taken away at all from citizens. We should have a say in our representation even if we have violated a law. I can’t think of any reason to take away voting rights as payment for a crime, can you? It’s been used to control and disenfranchise minority populations since it’s implementation. It continues to encourage systemic racism